Venice, Louisiana (CNN) — BP started a “top kill” procedure Wednesday afternoon in an attempt to contain oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the company said. At 1 p.m. CT (2 p.m. ET), the oil giant began pumping 50,000 pounds of thick, viscous fluid twice the density of water into the site of the […]

Is enough being done to protect the public from chemical pollutants? Watch “Toxic America,” a special two-night investigative report with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, 8 p.m. ET on June 2 and 3 on CNN. VIA CNN: BP’s chief executive officer said Monday that the company is doing all it can to respond to the runaway oil […]