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ROBERT, LOUISIANA (BNO NEWS) – Science has played a critical role in the United States government’s response to the Deepwater BP oil spill, President Obama has relied on the best science available to measure and mitigate the impacts of oil, monitor air and water conditions, and assess any impact to the environment and human health, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco said on Wednesday.

“From day one, the Obama administration has ensured sound science was driving this response. While we have marshaled all the resources available to fight this unprecedented spill, we have also engaged the full expertise and assets of the best scientific and engineering minds throughout the country to study impacts and assess response efforts,” said Lubchenco.

Department of Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu assembled a team of top scientists, with support from approximately 200 personnel from America’s national laboratories, to analyze the response efforts and recommended additional options for stopping the oil leak.

Lab personnel have independently analyzed two–dimensional gamma ray images which are crucial in helping to understand what is happening inside the Blow-Out Preventer (BOP) and informing the approach moving forward.

Lubchenco praised NOAA’s ongoing scientific response to the Deepwater BP oil spill which so far consists in an ongoing acoustic survey of the submerged oil fields or plumes, a collection of water samples and the net sampling of pelagic species throughout the water column, and the Thomas Jefferson that is returning to sea on Wednesday.