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Gulf spill company hands out safety bonuses 
Transocean Ltd., the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded off the Gulf of Mexico last year, has given its top executives bonuses for achieving the "best year in safety performance in our company's history'', despite the blast that killed 11 people and spilled 200 million gallons of oil into the ocean.
03 Apr 2011

Gulf Coast fighting for recompense Residents and fishermen outraged as BP's compensation fund administrator denies 'loss of income' claims. 21 Jan 2011 Gulf spill sickness wrecking lives Nearly a year after the oil disaster began, Gulf Coast residents are sick, and dying from BP's toxic chemicals. 09 Mar 2011  Post-BP illnesses plague Gulf Coast US Gulf residents attribute ongoing sicknesses to BP's oil disaster and use of toxic dispersants. 16 Nov 2010  BP blamed for toxification Fishermen, cleanup workers and Gulf residents believe they are being sickened by toxic chemicals from the BP spill. 09 Nov 2010 Obama declares US Gulf coast safe President holidays in Florida town affected by oil spill after leak finally "capped". 15 Aug 2010 Fukushima: A 'nuclear sacrifice zone' Some experts believe Japan's nuclear disaster could become worse than Chernobyl. 08 Apr 2011Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the company that operates the plant, said on April 5 that radioactive iodine-131 readings taken from seawater near the water intake of the No. 2 reactor reached 7.5 million times the legal limit. The sample that yielded this reading was taken just before Tepco began releasing more than 11,000 tonnes of radioactive water into the sea. The radioactive water discharged into the Pacific has prompted experts to sound the alarm, as cesium, which has a much longer half-life than iodine, is expected to concentrate in the upper food chain. There are 36 identical plants  in the US. Japan quake causes fresh radioactive spill    Thursday's 7.1-magnitude aftershock resulted in water flowing from containers onto the floor in all three reactor buildings at the Onagawa plant, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said on Friday.