BP trying to gag scientist by money

A man holds a plastic bag with seawater and oil from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill south of Freemason Island, Louisiana May 7, 2010.

British energy giant BP is trying to silence scientists and academics involved in the oil titan’s spill response in the Gulf of Mexico, the American Association of Professors says.

The British company, which faces more than 300 lawsuits for the April disaster that lead gallons of oil to gush into the Gulf, has reportedly offered scientists a contracts preventing them from publishing all research done for BP.

Speaking to the BBC, Cary Nelson, the head of the association on Thursday said BP is trying to “buy” the best to help its defense against litigation after the spill.

“This is really one huge corporation trying to buy faculty silence in a comprehensive way,” Nelson added.

According to a copy of the document obtained by the BBC, scientists are forbidden from publishing any data for at least three years, unless the Obama administration approves BP’s restoration plan for the whole of the Gulf.

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