Members of the Pipeliners Union 798, who work on pipelines like the one that burst, have given a check for $1,000 to each of the 22 families who were evacuated.
ExxonMobil has repeatedly promised to pay all valid claims from anyone harmed by the spill, but there's no report that they've paid anyone a food allowance or anything else yet.
As of April 8, four families were allowed to return home. One said he was glad he didn't need to weak a gas mask on his return.
Why did ExxonMobil deny
it was dumping oil in nearby wetlands?
Perhaps because it didn't do that.
ExxonMobil tweeted on April 7: "Claims that ExxonMobil is dumping oil into wetlands are completely unfounded. Cleanup in Mayflower, AR continues."
A quick search turned up no such claim. But there is a report [1]on Treehugger.com[1] that members of the Tar Sands Blockade have "heard reports" of some dumping, which RawStory tried to clarify:
-- the activist
group, Tar Sands Blockade , has
members on the ground in Mayflower risking arrest to show the public areas even
local media have not seen, such as this "dumping ground" in the
wetlands near the spill site. Tar Sands
Blockade says they've heard reports that "because Exxon had
already partially destroyed this wetland, they pumped diluted bitumen spilled
in other areas here to get it all in one place and keep it out of sight of the
media.'
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