We cannot deny the fact that oil spill workers have played a major role with regards to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. At any particular point in time there were more than 42,500 personnel and more than 2,000 Federal employees who were directly involved in the cleanup operations across the four states. Overall, BP's oil spill disaster had leaked nearly 180 million tons of oil into the Gulf. Moreover, nearly 5 million barrels of oil had spilled into the Gulf. The spill even caused a massive explosion that instantly killed 11 people. Since then, BP has ordered 32 machines to separate the oil and water. A Unified Command for the Deepwater BP Oil Spill even stated that nearly 9.9 million gallons had been burned and 28 million gallons of oily water had been recovered. So if ever a spill on such a scale were to occur, would you be prepared? We all love to do our part, when it comes to saving the delicate ecosystems that are completely en-twirled and entangled in one and other. Well, in...
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