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Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch: "'A recent report by the Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center (a collaboration between the federal government and BP) claiming that only 25 percent of spilled oil remains in the Gulf has been refuted by researchers with the Georgia Sea Grant and University of Georgia, who released a report yesterday concluding that in fact nearly 80 percent of the oil remains in the Gulf. The report confirms the fact that the federal government should have taken a more cautious and responsible approach to testing marine life before opening the Gulf for fishing.'"

http://www.truth-out.org/regulatory-agencies-attempts-sweep-oil-under-rug-raise-questions62436



Gulf Oil Spill Plume Stretches 21 Miles, Not Breaking Down Much

Pete Spotts, The Christian Science Monitor: "A plume of oil some 700 feet thick and at least 21 miles long has been detected deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico. It originated at the Deepwater Horizon blowout and consists of hydrocarbons from the well, according to measurements released Thursday. The survey, conducted by US and Australian scientists during a 10-day research cruise in late June, represents the most detailed picture yet of undersea plumes of oil and methane from the Gulf oil spill. The researchers were surprised by the plume's relative stability as well as by an apparent lack of activity on the part of microbes to break down the oil."

http://www.truth-out.org/gulf-oil-spill-plume-stretches-21-miles-not-breaking-down-much62480

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Oil 'plume' threatens Gulf waters:

Scientists have found a 35km-long plume of oil deep in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, despite US government claims that most of the oil from a ruptured well had dispersed.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/08/2010819175228365585.html


From Information Clearing House

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Was Rosy Gulf Oil Report A White House PR Move?
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/20-7

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FDA admits NOT testing for MERCURY, ARSENIC, or other TOXIC HEAVY METALS in Sea Food

http://www.resistnet.com/video/video/show?id=2600775:Video:2515425&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_video


Informant: Mark G.



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