Gulf Oil Disaster, Day 82 links
WDSU: Slidell Resident Reports Dead Fish In Lake Pontchartrain
Similarly Times-Picayune: Lake Pontchartrain fish kill reported
Click2Houston.com:Tar Mats Discovered In Galveston
"There are two big, black globs of tar scattered along the sand dunes on the west end of Galveston"
Picayune:NOAA seafood assessors are key part of effort to keep tainted fish from consumers
Testing for oil. "Dispersants will also be tested, but only based on the smell and taste tests."
Huffington Post: BP, Governments Downplay Public Health Risk From Oil and Dispersants
Huffington Post:BP Named The Fourth Most Profitable Company In The World
Examiner.com:BP payouts are Keeping Officials Quiet: Hear no Evil, See no Evil
APF: Oil spill claims arriving faster than BP can pay them
AP:EPA: Moderate health concerns with Gulf air
"The EPA says recent air sampling shows a moderate health risk in Venice and Grand Isle, two Louisiana towns about 50 miles from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site."
Picayune: Discovery of second pipe in Deepwater Horizon riser stirs debate among experts
Editorial by Jarvis DeBerry:In Louisiana, politics keeps getting in the way of science
Similarly Times-Picayune: Lake Pontchartrain fish kill reported
Click2Houston.com:Tar Mats Discovered In Galveston
"There are two big, black globs of tar scattered along the sand dunes on the west end of Galveston"
Picayune:NOAA seafood assessors are key part of effort to keep tainted fish from consumers
Testing for oil. "Dispersants will also be tested, but only based on the smell and taste tests."
Huffington Post: BP, Governments Downplay Public Health Risk From Oil and Dispersants
Huffington Post:BP Named The Fourth Most Profitable Company In The World
Examiner.com:BP payouts are Keeping Officials Quiet: Hear no Evil, See no Evil
APF: Oil spill claims arriving faster than BP can pay them
AP:EPA: Moderate health concerns with Gulf air
"The EPA says recent air sampling shows a moderate health risk in Venice and Grand Isle, two Louisiana towns about 50 miles from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site."
Picayune: Discovery of second pipe in Deepwater Horizon riser stirs debate among experts
Editorial by Jarvis DeBerry:In Louisiana, politics keeps getting in the way of science