Poisoned Legacy: The Human Cost of BP's Rise to Power

The story is all too-familiar: On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing eleven workers and creating the largest oil spill in the history of U.S. offshore drilling. But, this wasn€™t the first time British Petroleum and its cost-cutting practices destroyed parts of the natural world.  It also was not the first time that BP€™s negligence resulted in the loss of human life, ruined family businesses or shattered dreams.  Journalist Mike Magner has been tracking BP€™s reckless path for years and, for the first time, focuses on the human price of BP€™s rise to power. From Alaska to Kansas to the Gulf, Magner has talked to people whose lives have been destroyed by BP€™s almost unparalleled corporate greed.  When BP acquired an abandoned Kansas refinery in 1998, it discovered one of the most contaminated groundwater plumes in the U.S. Rather than begin a full cleanup, BP declared there was no cause for concern. A f