Oil has started washing ashore on the US Gulf Coast from a leaking offshore well, the US Coast Guard has said. Is the right action being taken to tackle the crisis?
Up to 5,000 barrels of oil a day are thought to be spilling into the water after last week's explosion on a BP-operated rig, which then sank.
A state of emergency has been declared in Louisiana and President Barack Obama has pledged "every single available resource" to help. The US navy has been deployed to help avert a looming environmental disaster.
Are you affected by the oil slick, or have you seen it spreading? What measures should be taken to reduce the number of environmental disasters?
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