The BP Deepwater Horizon spill continues to leave its terrible mark. Marine life numbers have been down in general since the spill, because oil is poison. Recently, a quickly rising number of turtles have been found dead—washed up onshore. The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS) is looking into the disturbing trend.
"Since the oil spill, the numbers have been down," said Wendy Hatchett, IMMS veterinarian technician and assistant stranding coordinator. "This is a spike this year, and it makes us very concerned. Whether it's red tide, whether it's left over from the oil spill, we really don't have a clue until we can actually send the tissues out and have them analyzed."
In the year 2016 year alone, 48 dead Kemps Ridley turtles have washed ashore across the Gulf Coast; including one turtle recovered Sunday morning and three the day before.
BP continues to deny that there is enough usable in a lawsuit data to prove that the oil spill is connected to a variety of marine life issues present in the Gulf today. But science continues to look into the smoke and I’m pretty sure they will find fire.