Research Update on the Impact of BP Oil Spill

More than 1,000 scientists and government officials recently met in New Orleans to share and discuss the latest research on effects of the BP oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico.

More than 1,000 scientists and government officials recently met in New Orleans to share the latest research on the effects of the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Host Steve Curwood talks to Mark Schleifstein, a reporter for NOLA.com, the Times Picayune, about what scientists have learned since the largest oil spill in US history.