Lessons Learned (and Not) From Past Oil Disasters
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Workers unload oil boom lines to be laid by local fishermen May 4, 2010 in Hopedale, Louisiana. Many local shrimpers have been shut down but have been hired by British Petroleum (BP) to lay oil booms.
( Sandy Huffaker / Getty )
( Sandy Huffaker / Getty )
Produced by Arwa Gunja