you can t believe one of the toxic chemicals in the dispersant there s no chemical test being done right now. there s not a chemical test for that right now. what? no test? so how can the guarantee of safety be complete? we decided to dig deeper to clarify. nrk, noaa says in an abundance of caution, they re developing a test. it can t come soon enough for those who want to eat these fish and those who make a living catching them. based on what you know now, how long will it stay closed. it will stay closed until the oil leak is stopped. once the oil leak is stopped, then we ll have a very aggressive and very comprehensive survey of that area for reopening. now, the spill is in the gulf, but the oil is turning up in some pretty unlikely places, including one local community s land fill. they don t want it. the bp is putting it there
360 has been on the ground for weeks digging for the truth. it hasn t been easy. there s been a lack of transparency from bp and washington. now it s the white house accused of spinning the story. we asked a tom foreman to look into it. here s what he found out. the good news about the white house s new website, restorethegulf.gov is it contains some useful information. you can find out how to file a claim for damages if you need to, look for maps, how far the spill has extended, where fishing was closed off. various beach that have been spoiled. the bd news is all of the things that it does not tell you or buried somewhere in the information. how much oil was spilled? how many jobs lost? how many reports of illness have
we know that the sheriff s department, there is an uptick in the in violence as far as the domestic violence. you ve seen that. already seen it. they know it. they re trying to set up places to try to take care of that. a strain on the community of the future. the strain on the community of the present, not having the money to pay for the bills they have. next, jimmy buffett, talking to anderson ant the spill and the strength of the people here. tough as it is, somehow people have survived. i ve seen it through my generations of being here and people who have been wiped out and in my own family coming back and rebuilding and going on with their lives.
spill has extended, where fishing was closed off. various beach that have been spoiled. the bd news is all of the things that it does not tell you or buried somewhere in the information. how much oil was spilled? how many jobs lost? how many reports of illness have been from the people doing the cleanup? you can t tell here. you have to dig a long time to find hints about it. if you want to know how many birds have been killed. you can find a nice feature about pelicans that they caught and cleaned up and set free, but you cannot get a direct answer to that question. what if you re worried about the odors along the coast down there, what if they make you sick? again, it s hard to find a definitive information out here that will help you make judgments about that. over and over again, what you see plenty of is the white house talking point, that you keep saying that the white house has responded competently and early to all of this. they re doing a great job all along. that s the messag
they have significant problems, right? is that something that you worry about? it is. that s why we engaged the medicine and other government agencies, health and human services, nih to look at studies. there aren t any to look at? long-term health studies? no. i don t believe from any of the oil spills, the institute of medicine had a seminar here. there were not any out there you re working in a black hole. you don t have a basis to base this on? long-term? no, we do not. the symptoms do not have to be physical. some are psychological. we ve heard a spike of mental health issues since bp s spill. randi kaye goes up close. reporter: when louisiana s health secretary sent this