[quote=davelj]I spend three days a month in New Orleans. Louisiana has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the U.S. And I’ve been eating copious amounts of seafood before, during and after the Oil Spill to zero ill effect. Don’t get me wrong, no oil spills are preferable to oil spills. But I’m not overly concerned about the long-term effects.[/quote]
Hmmmm …. Here are some recent headlines from the Florida Oil Spill Law blog:
ALERT: Florida medical doctor begins “treating patients in relation to high levels of volatile solvents in the blood stream” — “Tremendous implications”
Desparation: “Local economy will completely collapse” without help soon — “Going to be true devastation” (VIDEO)
Crab containing 8,815 ppm of hydrocarbons had NO smell or sight of oil — “We were astonished there were levels like that”
University scientist’s seafood sample results were “hundreds of times higher than the levels the government tests found”
TV report on shrimp with nearly 200 ppm oil in digestive system (VIDEO)
LSU professor: Crude oil in seafood NOT detectable by ‘smell test’ — “We are being lied to”
Single mother of two young children on third job around Gulf since blowout — “Everything’s going bankrupt” …more (VIDEO)
193 ppm of oil found inside shrimp purchased on Oct. 22 (Lab Results)
Fish organs are NOT the same color as they used to be, says BP/P2S worker — “You cut them open and they’re not the same” (VIDEO)
Chemist: Women more at risk — “Bleeding from their vagina and anus. Small kids are bleeding from their ears. This stuff is busting red blood cells”
“They are dying” says registered nurse working in Florida — I’m seeing “people who have been chemically poisoned”
“They are literally shrimping in oil” says eyewitness — “It’s criminal” that officials keep waters open
