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The oil wells were built with defective cement; it exploded.
Oil contamination
A point source
The oil went into the gulf and wetlands from Florida to Texas
It has turned to tar; when the surf picks up the oil comes
Pelican population decreased
Used chemicals to clean it up

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A drunk captain crashed the oil boat On a reef
11 million gallons of oil spilled out into the water
Ruined the animal polutations and environment around it
Still has not completely recovered

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Unknown cause of chemical contamination at a marine base camp
Thought to be from the dry cleaning business in the area
Marines bathed and drank the contaminated water
It caused deadly diseases
Have created more regulations to prevent this from happening again

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EPA personnel at a mine released toxic waste into a river because contractors accidentally allowed the pond full of the toxic waste over flow into the animals river watershed
A commission was created to help clean it up
Recreation use of water had to be shut down and local wells had to be checked and fixed

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Chemical dumpsite  had entered the watershed of a populated area from non point source industries
It caused major heath issues such as cancer and birth defects

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The company dumped 370 million gallons of toxic waste into the water shed of California
Toxic waste ended up in wells and it cost 750 million for the cleanup
It lead to diseases such as cancer

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The river was extremely polluted from a number of dumpings. Mostly with oil
Sparks from a passing train ignited the river in fire
3.5 billion $ clean up
Had to make new sewer systems
Many diseases were spread
More environmental regulations were created

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Factories were dumping wastes such as TCE and PCE into a watershed that supplied the local wells
It caused many children to get diseases
Cost 21 million dollar clean up and is still polluted

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Freedom industries released toxic chemicals into the elk river
300,000 people were left without clean water
The clean up was immediate so then the city could have water

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The city water was contaminated  because the water treatment plants had chemicals in the water
The largest water borne disease outbreak in the US
The plant was shut down and lots of people died fro, diseases

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Surface and ground waters became contaminated
It killed the surrounding ecosystem and contaminated all therecreational  water
No government intervention for clean up

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Agricultural runoff such as fertilizers and pesticides were flowed into the gulf from the missisippi water shed
It killed the coastal ecosystem due to low oxygen levels which creates a deadzone  for animals
Cannot be cleaned up

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General electricity dumped 1.3 million pounds of PCBs into the river
It created chemical contamination
There was a 2 phase clean up plan where in the 2nd phase it would be completely cleaned up
Many diseases were spread
Harsh wild life effects

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Revisit the BP oil spill, 5 years later - CNN Video

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Remnants remain five years after a BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people.

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