BP trying to block Oil Spill research?

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BP trying to block Oil Spill research?

07-25-2010
by FlunkYou

RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and NOAKI SCHWARTZ, Associated Press

HOUSTON -- Faced with hundreds of lawsuits and a deep need for experts, BP has been offering some Gulf Coast scientists lucrative consulting contracts that bar them from releasing their findings on the company's massive oil spill for three years.

Some scientists say the contracts constrain academic freedom. A few signed the agreements, then changed their minds.

And others argue BP's contract is standard, and with little federal funding available to study the spill's impact, Gulf Coast researchers have few other options.

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