BP's to-do list

Poison water? Check. Poison the air? Check.

TEXAS CITY — At BP’s Texas City refinery, more than 400 pounds a day of benzene — 40 times the state reportable levels — was released during a 40-day period while a subunit of the refinery’s ultracracker unit was offline, according to a company filing with the state’s environmental agency Friday.

In all, BP officials said more than 500,000 pounds of pollutants and nonpollutants were released while the company increased flaring as they tried to repair a compressor on the faulty unit.

When did this happen? The week before the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Next up, the ground beneath your feet. Then maybe they'll waltze over to your house and shoot your puppy.


(H/t CJR)