For the control of certain bacterial diseases of plants, streptomycin was indeed a silver bullet. Unfortunately, just as the emergence of bacterial strains resistant to antibiotics has limited their performance in clinical settings, streptomycin resistance has destabilized plant disease control.
Average costs of the oil spill clean-up for the oil disasters listed in the table work out at $161 Million, this does not include the estimated costs of $12.5 Billion to clean up the Gulf of Mexico, as this is unprecedented and would give a false value. Reference Web:
Judge approves $20BILLION settlement over 2010 BP oil spill in the biggest ever environmental pay out in US history. The $20.8bn settlement has been granted final approval by judge today. An oil rig explosion that killed 11 worker caused the spill in Gulf of Mexico. Well leaked 134m gallons of crude oil for 87 days until it was capped. Pay out is also largest-ever civil settlement with a single entity.