by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York
Photo via NOLA
At first glance, you might not even notice the dead fish in the picture above -- there are too many of them. But no, that's not a gravely parking lot. It's a section of the Mississippi River that has been clogged with thousands of dead fish in the wake of the BP Gulf spill. And while investigation as to the cause of the mass fish kill is still underway, there are fears that new toxins in the water from spilled oil or chemical dispersants have played a role.
According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the fish were found and photographed in a bayou on the west side of the Mississippi late last week, in the Plaquemines Parish of Louisiana. Plaquemines was one of the earliest areas to be impacted by the BP Gulf spill, and it was also one of the heaviest hit. Now, this happening with alarming frequency:
From the Times-Picayune:
Plaquemines Parish officials have asked state wildlife officials to investigate what they said is a massive fish kill at Bayou Chaland on the west side of the Mississippi River late Friday. The fish kill was reported to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries and the cause has not yet been determined, the parish said. The fish were found in an area that has been impacted by the oil from the BP oil spill, the parish said ... The dead fish include pogies, redfish, drum, crabs, shrimp and freshwater eel, the parish said.Other recent mass fish kills have been attributed to low levels of oxygen in the water, but parish officials are eager to know what exactly is causing those abnormally low levels. It's just another reminder -- as if we needed another one -- that the BP spill is far, far from over.
UPDATE: A local news agency did a segment on the story today (and may or may not have used this post as inspiration...), and the video is very much worth watching:link
Australian Mainstream News Reports Gulf Diaster Truth, Police State Action in the Gulf
The Intel Hub link
Wilma Subra, an environmental activist and patriot has documented thousands of cases of sick people in the Gulf. While the corporate news has continually refused to report the truth, people like Wilma and Project Gulf Impact have done everything in their power to document the horrors caused by the toxic combination of oil and dispersantt. BP, with the help of the federal government, has hired goon squads to terrorize independent journalists in an attempt to silence free speech.
Deborah Dupré of the Human Rights Examiner had this to say in her latest article:
Too sick and scared of Obama’s thugs: Australian SBS reports Gulf truth
Obama’s authorized hit-list appears to be squarely aimed at people who dare speak out, suppression through the CIA’s hired mercenaries, private contractors such as Blackwater (Xe), it’s 20 subsidiaries plus Wackenhut and others defending crimes on the Gulf Coast. It appears as though these thugs are using their dirty tricks to both maintain the controlled U.S. mainstream media black-out of Gulf news that would be in best interest of the public and to enable the petrochemical-military-industrial complex to continue its slow-kill operation of Gulf Coasters where it continues to gas people and all other life struggling to survive.
In June, a passenger in a car passing Subra’s house fired shots through her window, the bullet lodging “in a brick a few feet from where she was sitting.” (See: Environmental warrior takes on industry – CNN) Recently, the Examiner reported that Project Gulf Impact filmmaker who has been documenting Gulf Coast evidence was paid a visit at his home by men in black. There is widespread speculation about the untimely death of one of the most vocal of all Gulf Coast whistleblowers, Matt Simmons.
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