At a stop in Theodore,Alabama, the president toured a facility repairing booms used in containing oil, and spoke to workers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

Oil has not been sighted at the research farm yet. A few weeks after the spill, BP placed booms around it, in a bid to protect the facility.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

But the sight of workers wearing white protective suits and gloves hauling in tons of oil-contaminated waste - including bags of sandy tar balls, vegetation,used oil booms, rags and other clean-up supplies - has caused alarm among some Gulf coast communities.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05