Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Now the Size of Connecticut

Source: donlichterman.wordpress.com

“We Need To Move Away From allowing these private oil companies to continue the Drilling In OUR Oceans (I assume Everyone Gets that our Gulf’s and Sea’s are part of what our the “Oceans” BTW).

“The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is mostly to blame for the dead zone’s growing size in the Gulf. Scientists now say that the dead zone is the size of Connecticut – a startling 5,052 square miles. The dead zone started forming, though, in our own backyards.

“How do we contribute to the dead zone? Phosphorous and nitrogen fertilizers, pesticides, and other chemicals that we use to encourage plant growth wash into rivers and streams. Streams and rivers drain into the Mississippi River, and then flow into the Gulf of Mexico. The freshwater of the Mississippi then floats on top of the sea-water, keeping oxygen from the atmosphere from getting into the deeper sea waters.”

Source: donlichterman.wordpress.com

GR:  Cleaning up environmental disasters such as this is the responsibility of the companies involved.  Why don’t businesses feel any responsibility for harm caused by their actions?  How did we ever let the companies take control of our government to the extent that the two collude to destroy our environment?