“….UNEP scientists found an 8cm layer of refined oil floating on the groundwater which serves the wells. This was reportedly linked to an oil spill which occurred more than six years ago…”

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The dreaded words “oil-spill” causes readers to conjure up images of helpless fish lying dead upon the blackened sands of polluted beaches or wetlands and the all too familiar sea-faring bird weighed down by a liquid crust of the oxymoronic “black gold”. Its, all too familiar because oil spills are far too common. Until now, the frequency of oil spillage in nigeria was less than an afterthought. In the preceding infographic, Nigerian oil spills are not even listed. Click the picture to enlarge it, meanwhile the people in the region will suffer from chemical contamination by carcinogens such as benzene for the duration of a cleanup that should never have been required. At one location, Nisisioken Ogale, the amount of benzene found in drinking wells was at levels 900 times safe levels as determined by the world health organization Full article at http://www.kyslife.com/post/8519115267/oil-money-pollution-publichealth