Oil spill casualties

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Marsh grasses covered in oil are seen in Bay Jimmy, Thursday, June 17, 2010, near Myrtle Grove, Louisiana. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)​

 

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Oil stained pelicans sit on a dredging hose in Barataria Bay June 19, 2010 near Port Sulpher, Louisiana. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)​

 

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Oil is seen in the deep recesses of marshland in the northern reaches of Barataria Bay, Louisiana, Thursday, June 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Oil floats on the water June 14, 2010 off Grand Isle, Louisiana. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Jars of water mixed with oil that were collected from the Gulf Coast waters of Louisiana and Alabama are stacked in front of Gulf Coast residents as they attend a news conference on Capitol Hill June 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. About 90 residents from the Gulf Coast participated in a news conference to tell stories on how the oil spill has impacted their lives and to call on for a clean energy future. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)​

 

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Oil clouds the surface of Barataria Bay June 19, 2010 near Port Sulpher, Louisiana. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)​

 

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Fire and smoke rise from a controlled burn of oil on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico near BP's Deepwater Horizon spill source on June 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace)​

 

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Oil covers the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on the vicinity of BP's Deepwater Horizon spill source on June 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace)​

 

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Pelicans are released into the wild Sunday June 20, 2010, at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in to the Saint Charles Bay. Nearly 40 pelicans were brought from to the refuge from the Louisiana shores where they had been covered in oil. (AP Photo/The Caller-Times, Steven Alford)​

 

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An activist dressed as death holds an oil covered globe during a demonstration in Washington, DC against BP for their role in the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -- PHOTO: AFP

Jars of water mixed with oil that were collected from the Gulf Coast waters of Louisiana and Alabama are stacked during a news conference on Capitol Hill. -- PHOTO: AFP

Oil is seen in the deep recesses of marshland in the northern reaches of Barataria Bay, La. --PHOTO: AP


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A worker contracted by British Petroleum scrapes oil from a beach after it was inundated by the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon spill in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

An oil stained pelican sits on a dredging hose in Barataria Bay near Port Sulpher, Louisiana. The BP oil spill has been called one of the largest environmental disasters in American history. -- PHOTO: AFP

A Poggy fish lie dead stuck in oil in Bay Jimmy near Port Sulpher, Louisiana. The BP oil spill has been called one of the largest environmental disasters in American history. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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Airboat pilot Michael Fabian displays oil on a glove near oiled marsh grass in Barataria Bay on the coast of Louisiana. -- PHOTO: AP

A group of baby brown pelicans wait in a holding pen to be cleaned by volunteers at the Fort Jackson International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras, Louisiana. Members of the Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research team work to clean birds covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead.
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