and time again. drilling is spilling. and you hear about loose regulations, lack of notification. so it is really essential. if we want to stop seeing these kind of impacts, we ultimately need to stop drilling in our oceans and ultimately get off oil. the surf rider foundation, i know from experience, you routinely hold beach cleanups, i participated in a couple of them when you used to live out there. but you are encouraging people not to try to join the official cleanup or not try to save wildlife that they might encounter that have been affected by the oil. why is that? yeah, that s correct. i mean, there s an incredible outpouring of interest to get out and help out, which is wonderful, but we re reminding people that this oil is actually highly toxic. it includes benzene and hexane in the oil, so it could absorb into your skin. the folks out cleaning it up right now are formally trained