Written by Dahr Jamail for Al Jazeera
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| Security guards patrolled beaches in Louisiana, while residents braced themselves the arrival of BP’s oil [EPA] |
A simple swim in the Gulf of Mexico has complicated Steven Aguinaga’s life in ways he could have never imagined.
In July 2010, Aguinaga, now 33-years-old, had gone on a vacation with his wife and some friends to Fort Walton Beach, Florida. After he and his close friend Merrick Vallian went swimming in the Gulf, they both became extremely sick from what Aguinaga believes were chemicals in BP’s oil and dispersants from the largest marine oil spill in US history that began in April 2010. Continue reading
