BP relief well work suspended as storm approaches in Gulf of Mexico, Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2010:
NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco [said]: There can’t be any visible oil, and seafood samples must pass smell and chemical tests for the presence of hydrocarbons. …
[T]rained specialists sniffing samples for chemical traces, are also used to detect residue from the dispersants used to break up the oil. But the agency has not yet designed a chemical test to pick up dispersants in seafood.
“We are working to develop one,” Lubchenco said…
Please read the full article here: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-20100811,0,1234916.story
