Michigan oil disaster leads to questions over pipelines, long term effects

In Michigan clean up efforts continue along the Kalamazoo River and surrounding areas for one of the worst oil disasters in the region. The Canadian oil company responsible for the spill, Enbridge, says it deployed more than 157,000 feet of absorbent and containment boom at 37 control points since the leak began about two and a half weeks ago. The EPA says close to 2.4 million gallons of oil-water mix have been removed from the area. The first rehabilitated birds were released yesterday.

For an update we're joined by two guests from the Kalamazoo River Watershed Council, that's a local river advocacy group. Jeff Spoelstra is coordinator at the Council and Robert Whitesides is a board member.