Gulf of Mexico oil clean-up by the numbers

Agence France-Presse: Below are the most recent figures on the Gulf of Mexico oil clean-up, provided by the US Joint Information Center and BP as they address the worst environmental disaster in US history. COASTLINE POLLUTED: Some 553 miles of Gulf shoreline has been contaminated by oil: 313 miles in Louisiana, 99 miles in Mississippi, 66 miles in Alabama, and 75 miles in Florida. WATERS RESTRICTED: Some 81,181 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters - about one-third of the ......

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