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Major media coverage of this ongoing eco disaster has pegged leaking oil at a paltry 5000 barrels a day. Sky Truth was one of the first non governmental organizations to estimate the oil flow at 26,500 barrels a day.
Last week NPR estimated the oil flow at a stunning 70,000 barrels a day.
As of this morning Sky Truth was the only source to suggest that leaking oil and 700,000 gallons of COREXIT, a toxic dispersant, is now in the Loop Current headed towards Florida and the East coast of the USA.
Update: Loop Current coverage from LA Times Blog.
More coverage at Deep Sea News.