The oil spill that destroyed BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 affected all of the following catastrophically, except

A) marine organisms on both the surface and bottom.
B) tourism and fishing economies of the Gulf states.
C) atmospheric and water pollution.
D) agricultural production in the northern parts of the Gulf states.


Answer: D) agricultural production in the northern parts of the Gulf states.

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