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Percent sandra bernstein estimated the spill would cost bp. you can decide for yourself whether that's a small cost for this company to pay. i spoke about it earlier with dr. ira leifer. dr. leifer, it's been more than three weeks since congressman ed markey asked bp to give your group the green light to do this kind of testing to measure the flow rate, to measure the impact overall of the oil on the ecosystem. there's a huge list of things you're trying to study and yet you've heard nothing from bp is my understanding. why do you think that is? >> i really don't know. i wish they would pick u...

Much oil is leaking, where it's going, what it's doing, bp doesn't seem to want to know, even says it's not important to know. in a moment, you'll hear from a renowned independent scientist. his name is ira leifer. he is a member of an all-star team of researchers who has come up with a plan, called deep spill two, to do all of the above, to measure the oil's impact. two months ago he proposed an early version of it to bp. he heard nothing. june 10th, massachusetts congressman ed markey got into the act, directing bp to contact dr. leifer. still, nothing. then his team released a detailed prop...

Occupation safety and health, was in agreement at the time. >> total bs. the only epidemiology was there was a few head colds they could identify and niosh didn't have any of the records. >> exxon never admitted fault in stubblefield's case but reportedly settled the lawsuit for $2 million. one of the very few workers to get compensation. exxon says the few lawsuits brought failed to show any evidence of injuries or illnesses known to be caused by exposure to crude oil or the chemicals they used to clean it up. keeping them honest, dennis mestas, the attorney, says that he is concerned that wo...

Recently some oyster beds that were closed because of the spill were reopened. and that should be encouraging news, but it's not for some oyster men here. here is why. louisiana is diverting freshwater from the mississippi to push away oil from the marshes. when freshwater mixes with saltwater, oysters can die. oyster men have known that. they've known these days are coming but these days, in fact, are here. oysters are dying. take a look. >> these boats are tied up. they closed the fishing ground. none of these boats are working. don't have much left with the freshwater and oil is coming, it'...

Tells us they have recorded just five illnesses related to inhalation exposures in the entire gulf. bp is also insisting that government air testing is showing, quote, we have not had a single reading above osha regulations to date. as for respirators, the company says there has been no demonstrated need for them, no single issue high enough to warrant a respirator. >> anything that i -- >> dr. riki ott studied the exxon valdez spill 21 years ago. with this bp spill, she says, once again, out-of-work fishermen are lining up for cleanup jobs that she says will put them in harm's way. >> i feel ...