87 Tage lang floss im Jahr 2010 Öl ins offene Meer: Nachdem eine Explosion die BP-Bohrplattform Deepwater Horizon zerrissen hatte, konnte der Öl-Austritt monatelang nicht gestoppt werden. © Bild: dapd

24.05.2012

Mutierte Tiere nach Deepwater-Horizon-Ölpest

Zwei Jahre nach der Deepwater-Horizon-Katastrophe wird von Tier-Mutationen berichtet. BP spricht indes von "Anekdoten".

von: Evelyn Peternel

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dapdFILE - This April 21, 2010 file photo shows oil in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisianas tip, as a large plume of smoke rises from fires on BPs Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. The Justice Department says the fir

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ReutersThis NASA MODIS satellite image of the Gulf of Mexico, taken May 23, 2010, shows the extent of the oil released from the Deepwater Horizon spill. The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which killed 11 workers and spewed oil for 87 str

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dapdThis 2011 photo provided by Donald Waters shows a fish harvested from the Gulf of Mexico with unusual lesions and infections. Two years after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank, touching off the worst offshore spill in U.S. history, the lates

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dapdThis 2011 photo provided by Donald Waters shows a fish harvested from the Gulf of Mexico with unusual lesions and infections. Two years after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank, touching off the worst offshore spill in U.S. history, the lates

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dapdThis 2012 photo provided by Steven Murawski shows a fish harvested from the Gulf of Mexico with unusual lesions and infections. Two years after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank, touching off the worst offshore spill in U.S. history, the lat

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dapdThis 2011 photo provided by Donald Waters shows a fish harvested from the Gulf of Mexico with unusual lesions and infections. Two years after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank, touching off the worst offshore spill in U.S. history, the lates

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REUTERSOil-covered pelicans sit in a pen waiting to be cleaned at a rescue center facility set up by the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana, in this June 7, 2010 file photo. The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling

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REUTERSAn exhausted oil-covered brown pelican sits in a pool of oil along Queen Bess Island Pelican Rookery, 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Grand Isle, Louisiana, in this June 5, 2010 file photo. The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which k

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dapdIn this October 2010 photo made available by Penn State University, the Alvin submersible vehicle inspects a coral site found to be impacted by the oil spill from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. (Foto:Chuck Fisher of Penn State University and

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REUTERSClean up crews walk past beachgoers as they look for globs of oil on Dolphin Island, Alabama, in this June 4, 2010 file photo. The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which killed 11 workers and spewed oil for 87 straight days, soaked

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dapdFILE - In this May 23, 2010 file photo, Pelicans are seen nesting on mangrove on Cat Island, as it is impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, La. (Foto:Gerald Herbert, file/AP/dapd)

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ReutersBP-contracted clean up workers remove oil from parts of Gulf Shores beach, Alabama, in this June 8, 2010. The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which killed 11 workers and spewed oil for 87 straight days, soaked hundreds of miles of

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REUTERSA pelican flies as a drilling platform is pictured near Breton Island, Louisiana May, in this May 3, 2010 file photo. The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig (NOT PICTURED), which killed 11 workers and spewed oil for 87 straight days, s

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REUTERSPoggy fish lie dead stuck in oil in Bay Jimmy near Port Sulpher, Louisiana, in this June 20, 2010 file photo. The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which killed 11 workers and spewed oil for 87 straight days, soaked hundreds of miles

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REUTERSA hard hat from an oil worker lies in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana, in this June 8, 2010 file photo. The explosion on the drilling rig, which killed 11 workers and spewed oil for 87 straight days, s

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ReutersFire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this handout photograph taken on April 21, 2010. The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which killed 11 workers and spew

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dapdARCHIV: Das Luftbild zeigt im Golf von Mexiko Loschboote, die versuchen die brennenden Oelbohrplattform Deepwater Horizon zu loeschen (Foto vom 21.04.10). Im milliardenschweren Prozess um die Oelkatastrophe im Golf von Mexiko im Jahr 2010 haben sich B

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dapdThe edge of Cat Island, which has eroded heavily since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, is seen in Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, La., Wednesday, April 11, 2012. (Foto:Gerald Herbert/AP/dapd)

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dapdPelicans are seen sitting on dead mangrove where they formerly nested, on Cat Island, which has eroded significantly since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, La., Wednesday, April 11, 2012. (Foto:Gerald Herbert/AP/

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EPAepa03123044 (FILE) A file photo dated 20 June 2010 shows thick crude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill being collected in the Bay Jimmy marsh section of Barataria Bay near Port Sulphur, Louisiana, USA. Reports state that the court hearing int

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dapdFILE - In this June 15, 2010 file photo, a member of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindals staff wearing a glove reaches into thick oil on the surface of the northern regions of Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, La. An April 20, 2010 explosion at the BP Dee

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dapdIn this two picture combo, a pelican is seen landing on a nest in a thicket of mangrove, May 22, 2010, on Cat Island, home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills, as it was being impacted by oil from the Deep

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dapdIn this two picture combo, nesting pelicans are seen on May 22, 2010, left, as oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore on Cat Island, home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills, in Barataria B

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EPAepa02694481 A twofold composite picture released on 19 April 2011 shows (top) Christopher Rice walking with his four children down the oil covered public beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama USA on 12 June 2010 and (bottom) Josten Stanley, aged 9, building a

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EPAepa02694464 (FILE) A file photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard on 20 May 2010 shows an oil being burned from the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident. An estimate 5 million barrels of oil spewed into the Gulf from the underwater leak, following the explosio

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REUTERSPoggy fish lie dead stuck in oil in Bay Jimmy near Port Sulpher, Louisiana, in this June 20, 2010 file photo. The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which killed 11 workers and spewed oil for 87 straight days, soaked hundreds of miles