Another take on seismic testing
April 12, 2016
Post and Courier (SC)
Published in Post and Courier in South Carolina:
An April 3 editorial claimed that seismic testing used in offshore drilling will “disrupt the feeding and mating of mammals and fish.”
That’s not what the experts say. According to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, there is “no documented scientific evidence of noise from seismic activities adversely affecting marine animal populations.”
The agency’s chief environmental officer says that claims suggesting otherwise about this globally used technology are “wildly exaggerated.”
William Schachte Jr.
Rear Adm., U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Charleston
See article on Post and Courier.
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