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"The current FDA protocol allows much higher concentrations of PAHs than the government used for the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989 and other previous oil spills." ... Read more >>

“A continuum of polluted water may still exist” from wellhead to shoreline — “Shrimp, crab, oysters and menhaden appear to have been considerably harmed by the spill”

November 25th, 2010 at 12:01 PM

Note the "research for the entire study is supported by Chevron." ... Read more >>

Feds reclose section of Gulf after shrimper catches tar balls

November 25th, 2010 at 11:33 AM

US closes shrimping near oil spill site, AFP, November 25, 2010:

US authorities have closed to ... Read more >>

“Our home has been poisoned”: “Shrimp with missing shells and some suffering from black gill disease” says seafood worker

November 24th, 2010 at 10:27 AM

"Our culture is bordering on the brink of extinction.'' ... Read more >>

"Shrimp peelings are inexplicably washing up on Grand Isle’s shores"

November 24th, 2010 at 09:33 AM

"Fishermen are still finding oily shrimp and fish with oil in their gills" ... Read more >>

Orlando TV station finds "troubling problems with gulf seafood" -- Scientist who did testing "would not eat it based on the results" (LAB RESULTS)

November 23rd, 2010 at 09:12 PM

Brand new laboratory test results just in Monday morning are showing troubling problems with gulf seafood... the results are raising a lot of red flags. ... Read more >>

“Still in shock”: Alabama shrimpers find catch "coated in oil" at area open for fishing — Boat to be decontaminated (VIDEO)

November 22nd, 2010 at 09:34 AM

Bon Secour Shrimpers Say Nets and Shrimp Covered With Oil, After Shrimping Trip Off Louisiana ... Read more >>

Report: Woman cooking shrimp finds "sludge" on bottom of pan -- "We feel like we are being lied to on so many levels"

November 21st, 2010 at 02:37 PM

"Some of the official tests for seafood safety looked only at shrimp that had been deveined and did not test the heads or shells, she said." ... Read more >>

Shrimper: They’re killing everybody real slow — No bycatch; Big yellowfin tuna swimming nearshore (VIDEO)

November 18th, 2010 at 08:46 AM

Excerpt from "Gulf Shrimping decimated" by CleanTheGulf, November 16, 2010:

Full video by CleanTheGulf, November 16, ... Read more >>

Toxicologist: “We tested a good number of seafood samples and in 100 percent we found petroleum” — Gov’t tests “little more than a farce”

November 11th, 2010 at 10:55 AM

"We found not only petroleum in the digestive tracts [of shrimp], but also in the edible portions of fish." ... Read more >>

“I don’t recommend eating Gulf seafood, not with the risk of liver and kidney damage” says toxicologist — “They’re sniffing for something they can’t detect”

November 11th, 2010 at 10:33 AM

Experts operating states apart confirm toxic content in not just shrimp, but crab and fish ... Read more >>

"The small shrimp seem to have disappeared" says shrimper

November 8th, 2010 at 06:13 AM

"I'm worried about the future, what's going to happen later." ... Read more >>

Why does federal lab remove vein from Gulf shrimp BEFORE testing it? — 193 ppm oil and/or grease found in veins of fresh gulf shrimp (VIDEO)

November 6th, 2010 at 03:10 PM

"Mac" Mackenzie of NOLA Emergency Response via Project Gulf Impact ... Read more >>

These are the ... Read more >>

Florida Oil Spill Law

March 21 NOAA meeting: “Shrimpers said they have pulled up nets full of oil”

Taco Bell told to buy Gulf shrimp, troubled fast food chain touts “Pacific Coast” shrimp instead

“A Huge Number”: Shrimp tests show 4,000+ ppm petroleum hydrocarbons — Caught last week off Alabama coast (LAB REPORT)

Shrimper says it’s the “worst he has ever seen” — Only 4 buckets of small shrimp in 3 hours

“Dire Situation” in Miami: Shrimpers wonder if BP Disaster to blame for “failure of shrimp to show up” — Oil and dispersant worries

Dauphin Island, Alabama: Tiger sharks have “increased dramatically” — Yet “there are so few shrimp”

No one is catching ‘sea bob’ shrimp says employee at Lousiana’s largest shrimp buyer — “No one knows why”

Unimaginable? Sampling of shrimp, menhaden “could forewarn of uglier days ahead, possibly on a scale we can’t imagine”

Report from Long Beach, MS: "No sign of life in the water" -- No bait fish, no shrimp, no hermit crabs (VIDEO)

Paper: Current situation with Gulf seafood safety is "intolerable"

Independent tests show seafood “samples exceeded more than twice the ‘tolerable daily intake’ based on the FDA’s average rates of consumption”

Top seafood proccesor: “We haven’t bought shrimp in three days” — Worried about “permanent impacts”

Before DOSS testing for Corexit dispersant “government scientists devein and shell shrimp”

MORE TROUBLE: Gulf smells like tap water -- No salt or fish smell say shrimpers from different states (VIDEO)

Shrimp tested by toxicologist “would be in violation and wouldn’t be on the market” if Feds used standards set for previous oil spills

“A continuum of polluted water may still exist” from wellhead to shoreline — “Shrimp, crab, oysters and menhaden appear to have been considerably harmed by the spill”

Feds reclose section of Gulf after shrimper catches tar balls

“Our home has been poisoned”: “Shrimp with missing shells and some suffering from black gill disease” says seafood worker

"Shrimp peelings are inexplicably washing up on Grand Isle’s shores"

Orlando TV station finds "troubling problems with gulf seafood" -- Scientist who did testing "would not eat it based on the results" (LAB RESULTS)

“Still in shock”: Alabama shrimpers find catch "coated in oil" at area open for fishing — Boat to be decontaminated (VIDEO)

Report: Woman cooking shrimp finds "sludge" on bottom of pan -- "We feel like we are being lied to on so many levels"

Shrimper: They’re killing everybody real slow — No bycatch; Big yellowfin tuna swimming nearshore (VIDEO)

Toxicologist: “We tested a good number of seafood samples and in 100 percent we found petroleum” — Gov’t tests “little more than a farce”

“I don’t recommend eating Gulf seafood, not with the risk of liver and kidney damage” says toxicologist — “They’re sniffing for something they can’t detect”

"The small shrimp seem to have disappeared" says shrimper

Why does federal lab remove vein from Gulf shrimp BEFORE testing it? — 193 ppm oil and/or grease found in veins of fresh gulf shrimp (VIDEO)

Shrimper witnesses visible oil in shrimp and crabs (VIDEO)

TV report on shrimp with nearly 200 ppm oil in digestive system (VIDEO)

193 ppm of oil found inside shrimp purchased on Oct. 22 (Lab Results)

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