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Fresh oil seepages raise questions about further problems with BP's damaged oil well.  By Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English.  Fifteen months after BP's crippled Macondo Well in the Gulf of Mexico caused one of the worst environmental disasters in US history, oil and oil sheen covering several square kilometers of water are s

Nearly a year after the oil disaster began, Gulf Coast residents are sick, and dying from BP's toxic chemicals. By Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera.

Gulf Coast businesses are closing down as they fail to secure compensation payouts [Photo: Erika Blumenfeld] 

Experts, fishermen and residents disagree with federal agencies' claims that the Gulf and its seafood are safe. By Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English 

Crossposted from Truthout
By Dahr Jamail and Erika Blumenfeld

Yesterday the journalist Dahr Jamail appeared on the news show Democracy Now! to discuss fishermen's ongoing concerns about oil and dispersants in the Gulf. 

Jamail discusses finding dispersants and oil in the Mississippi Sound with James "Catfish" Miller and Mark Stewart, the fishermen who took Bridge the Gulf out on a similar trip a couple weeks ago.