A steady stream of pollution from offshore rigs causes a wide range
of health and reproductive problems for fish and other marine life.Offshore drilling exposes wildlife to the threat of oil spills that
would devastate their populations.Offshore drilling activities destroy kelp beds, reefs and coastal
Over its lifetime, a single oil rig can:
Dump more than 90,000 metric tons of drilling fluid and metal
cuttings into the ocean;Drill between 50-100 wells, each dumping 25,000 pounds of toxic
metals, such as lead, chromium and mercury, and potent carcinogens like
toluene, benzene, and xylene into the ocean, andPollute the air as much as 7,000 cars driving 50 miles a day.