Monica Henderson

LSU squirrels

If the squirrel population is used as a tool for measuring the health of the environment, well, LSU in Baton Rouge qualifies as pretty healthy...

Oil Spill in the Mississippi River

According to the US Coast Guard, a construction barge and a tanker barge collided in the Mississippi River this morning. The accident occurred around 2 am causing sweet crude oil to be released into the water...

What to do if exposed to radiation

Because radiation is carried on dust particles, the first thing to do if one suspects exposure is to get it off! Remove clothes and shoes and wash skin and hair with soap and water. Discarded clothing should be...

Health effects of radiation exposure

Although here in Louisiana we are probably safe from radiation exposure as a result of the Japan nuclear crisis, it can't hurt to be aware of potential health symptoms. Radiation sickness produces a range of symptoms within hours...

Oil spill reporting

It's too bad that a disaster on the scale of the Deep Water Horizon explosion had to happen to make Americans aware of oil spills happening in the Gulf of Mexico and other waterways all the time. ...

Tow boat/barge accident causes oil spill on the Mississippi River

An accident involving a tow boat and a moored barge on the Mississippi River near Port Allen this past weekend leaked 2,000 gallons of "vacuum gas oil" into the river. Vacuum gas oil, a product made...

Evidence of BP's spilled oil is showing up in people's bodies

Nearly a year after the explosion of British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon oil rig, evidence of oil is showing up in people's bodies. Tests conducted on blood samples taken from 12 people between the ages of...

Is the Gulf of Mexico floor visibly oiled? That depends on who's checking.....

Vacationers returning from a few days on a beach along the Northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico reported seeing a brown substance in the sand on the ocean floor. Reports of whether the substance appeared to be oily...

Fire in the Gulf

Yet another platform owned by Mariner Energy was reported to be on fire in the Gulf of Mexico today. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the fire has been extinguished. This is the second fire on a structure...

Media blowing oil well accidents out of proportion not necessarily a bad thing

When another oil platform was spotted burning in the Gulf of Mexico last week by a helicopter pilot working for a privately-owned company, the news media "jumped-the gun" on reporting the incident, in some citizens opinions...

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