"It's a Joke" but noone is laughing
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infrogmationNASA: Earth Observatory: Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico
For anyone under the mistaken impression that this is over or almost over, 28 July photo from space shows large areas of oil slick in Gulf.
Examiner: BP media blackout UPDATE: Scientists emerge with warnings of BP chemical dispersant abuse
Huffington Post: Scientists Find Evidence That Oil And Dispersant Mix Is Making Its Way Into The Foodchain
WVUE: Blobs in crab larvae characteristic of dispersant
"Researchers at Tulane say it appears they've detected a Corexit sort of fingerprint in the orange blobs found lodged in the bodies of tiny blue crab larvae collected from marshes that stretch from Texas to Florida."
" "I think they should be more concerned that we might be losing whole cohorts of these animals when they're very small, and we won't see the impact in the adults but three or four years from now. When we're expecting adult crabs coming into Lake Ponchartrain, there might not be as many out there." Since so many fish and crabs feed on crab larvae, some scientists fear the oil and dispersant droplets threaten to kill critical areas in the Gulf of Mexico food web."
C-Span: Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen (Ret.) Briefing on Gulf Oil Spill 30 July
Reporter asks: Why are anti-pollution vessels grouped about 15 miles west of BP blow-out?
AP: Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase
" BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill."
[...]
"Commercial fishermen, meanwhile, were allowed back on a section of Louisiana waters east of the Mississippi River on Friday after federal authorities said samples of finfish and shrimp taken from the areas were safe to eat.
"About 70 percent of Louisiana waters are now open to some kind of commercial fishing, but state waters in Mississippi and Alabama remain closed and so do nearly a quarter of federal waters in the Gulf.
"Reinforcing the state's declaration that Louisiana seafood is safe to eat was U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. At a news conference in New Orleans, she said fish showed levels of contaminants that were "extremely low, significantly below the threshhold of concern."
"Seafood industry representatives hailed the reopening, but Rusty Graybill, a boat captain from Yscloskey, La., who fishes for crab, oysters and shrimp, said "it's a joke." "I'm pretty sure I'll go out, and I'll get oil-covered shrimp. They capped this well, and now they're trying to say it's OK," he said. Graybill, a wiry 28-year-old with a leathery tan, made a two-inch circle with his thumb and finger. "I'm still finding tar balls this big out there, and the boom is still covered in oil," he said."
For anyone under the mistaken impression that this is over or almost over, 28 July photo from space shows large areas of oil slick in Gulf.
Examiner: BP media blackout UPDATE: Scientists emerge with warnings of BP chemical dispersant abuse
Huffington Post: Scientists Find Evidence That Oil And Dispersant Mix Is Making Its Way Into The Foodchain
WVUE: Blobs in crab larvae characteristic of dispersant
"Researchers at Tulane say it appears they've detected a Corexit sort of fingerprint in the orange blobs found lodged in the bodies of tiny blue crab larvae collected from marshes that stretch from Texas to Florida."
" "I think they should be more concerned that we might be losing whole cohorts of these animals when they're very small, and we won't see the impact in the adults but three or four years from now. When we're expecting adult crabs coming into Lake Ponchartrain, there might not be as many out there." Since so many fish and crabs feed on crab larvae, some scientists fear the oil and dispersant droplets threaten to kill critical areas in the Gulf of Mexico food web."
C-Span: Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen (Ret.) Briefing on Gulf Oil Spill 30 July
Reporter asks: Why are anti-pollution vessels grouped about 15 miles west of BP blow-out?
AP: Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase
" BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill."
[...]
"Commercial fishermen, meanwhile, were allowed back on a section of Louisiana waters east of the Mississippi River on Friday after federal authorities said samples of finfish and shrimp taken from the areas were safe to eat.
"About 70 percent of Louisiana waters are now open to some kind of commercial fishing, but state waters in Mississippi and Alabama remain closed and so do nearly a quarter of federal waters in the Gulf.
"Reinforcing the state's declaration that Louisiana seafood is safe to eat was U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. At a news conference in New Orleans, she said fish showed levels of contaminants that were "extremely low, significantly below the threshhold of concern."
"Seafood industry representatives hailed the reopening, but Rusty Graybill, a boat captain from Yscloskey, La., who fishes for crab, oysters and shrimp, said "it's a joke." "I'm pretty sure I'll go out, and I'll get oil-covered shrimp. They capped this well, and now they're trying to say it's OK," he said. Graybill, a wiry 28-year-old with a leathery tan, made a two-inch circle with his thumb and finger. "I'm still finding tar balls this big out there, and the boom is still covered in oil," he said."
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Date: 2010-08-01 05:59 pm (UTC)BetterGulf.org
Date: 2010-08-02 01:55 pm (UTC)http://bettergulf.org/2010/08/82-nola-protest/
Andy Brack