Oil Disaster Updates

• Another article confirming most of payment checks are $ 5,000

  
  Through Sunday, BP has cut 1,600 checks totaling $5 million to Floridians, mostly for lost wages. Virtually all of those checks are under $5,000.  There have been a thousand large-loss claims made to BP. About 10 of those have been paid.  Baker Clark, who owns the Best Western in Navarre, figures his claim for this month may [...]

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• Experts warn about health risks from oil

  
  With oily goop washing up on beaches and an industrial odor in some oil-plagued areas, many local residents are wondering how dangerous the BP spill is. People working in spill cleanup, particularly at sea, are at risk from oil exposure, but people on land with incidental exposure probably won’t face medical problems, doctors say. Dr. Susan Turner, [...]

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• In Florida, oil adds to economic woes

  
  Damage to beaches could be disaster for the state’s tourism industry News that oily tar balls are washing ashore on Florida’s famed, white sandy beaches is more than just an environmental disaster — it’s also a potentially devastating economic blow to an already struggling state. Even before the BP rig disaster began spewing oil into the Gulf [...]

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