University scientists dispute government oil spill report

The government oil spill report has said things are well while that is being argued. The oil within the Gulf of Mexico has mostly all been burned, vaporized or collected, says National Incident Command which is really argued by scientists who did three studies on the subject. Getting shrimp is now allowed again for shrimpers. Obama went to the gulf with his family last week, ate seafood and swam in the gulf. 75 percent of the oil nevertheless needs to be picked up according to a study done by the University of Georgia (UGA). The sea floor has an additional plume of oil that was found by researchers at the University of South Florida (USF). The oil spill is a long-term threat to human health and gulf seafood safety in a study released by the American Medical Association (AMA).

Government reports the spill to have dispersed

Most of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 2010 has been safely dispersed, as outlined by government statements. National Incident Command, as outlined by the Wall Street Journal, said a couple of weeks ago that burning and skimming had removed half of the 4.9 million gallons dumped into the gulf. Evaporation and dissolution handled one more 25 percent. There is nevertheless up to 79 percent of oil and toxins within the water as outlined by some of the important UGA scientists. It might be years, they concluded, before the petrochemicals break down. Unless 25 percent of the oil was sitting on the surface, that much couldn’t have evaporated. Large plumes of oil are nevertheless trapped within the area.

Canyon undersea holds a toxic oil plume

There is a lot of the oil spill that has ended up settling in the bottom of the gulf, reports the USF team. The USF study was shown by CNN to have had an undersea canyon full of oil because of the dispersing of the oil that happened. The oil’s toxic chemicals are causing a strong reaction to the organisms like plankton. It’s possible the oil could return to the surface. A UGA researcher told CNN that a 3rd of the hydrocarbons in the form of methane and other gas emissions that remain in the water weren’t measured by the government.

Being unsure about gulf seafood safety

The AMA insists that gulf seafood safety could be affected for years by the BP oil spill. According to the Sacramento Bee, shellfish will continue to have petrochemicals, like cigarette smoke, in them for a when. Big game fish such as tuna, swordfish and mackerel will amass high concentrations of mercury in the long term from consuming fish lower within the food chain. In case you are pregnant of have kids, I’d stay away from eating any seafood from the gulf.

Additional reading

Wall Street Journal

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704868604575434074237252604.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories

CNN

cnn.com/2010/US/08/17/gulf.oil.disaster/index.html?npt=NP1

Sacramento Bee

sacbee.com/2010/08/17/2963788/gulf-oil-spill-still-a-threat.html