Brooklyn Oil Spill

For more than half a century, 17 millions of gallons of oil have been oozing beneath Greenpoint, Brooklyn, courtesy of ExxonMobil and other oil companies.

The spill courses beneath 55 acres of industrial, commercial, and residential property, affecting 100 homes and dozens of businesses. Petroleum from the spill continuously leaks into Newtown Creek; globs of oil and a rainbow sheen constantly coat the surface of this small waterway separating Brooklyn and Queens.

The spill -- 50% larger than the Exxon Valdez disaster -- is a major source of contamination throughout the New York Harbor. Carcinogens, lead, and a bevy of other toxins are carried for miles with the tides and currents. Though discovered 25 years ago and brought under state enforcement in 1990, remedial efforts have been a failure. The companies continue to violate federal law.

Source - Riverkeeper.org

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[JujixFruit]

A lot of people in my family have gotten cancer over the years and we've lived in Greenpoint our whole lives. I've always blamed this.

[dmc081]

in mornings i smell the old toxic

[phddadoctor]

our favorite company at work, what are we going to do about it??? stop driving cars?? bomb their refineries?? what can we do???

[swedanica]

Nothing in that company's behavior indicates they'll ever take responsibility for their dirty deeds.

[m60darew1]

Oil executive swimming pool.