Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Mayflower - the Arkansas oil spill

Barrels of Trouble: Mayflower oil spill impaired people's health, made area uninhabitable

Caught up in the middle of an environmental disaster, people in the U.S. state of Arkansas are finding themselves bogged down in barrels of trouble. Almost a year after a pipeline rupture caused a massive oil spill, people are still suffering with the long term effects caused by breathing toxins on a daily basis. And if huge heath risks weren't enough, some are finding it hard to leave the contaminated area, as RT's Gayane Chichakyan found out.







Original April, 2013 coverage is HERE

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