Disputed by scientists is the oil spill report from the government

The government oil spill report has said things are well when that is being argued. A conclusion by National Incident Command that the majority of the oil spill within the Gulf of Mexico had been burned, collected or vaporized has been cast into doubt by 3 scientific studies. Shrimpers were given the green light. Obama went to the gulf with his family last week, ate seafood and swam within the gulf. However, 75 percent of the oil has yet to be collected and will threaten the ecosystem for years, according to a University of Georgia (UGA) study. University of South Florida (USF) researchers have found one more oil plume on the sea floor. 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).

Report claims oil has dispersed

Almost all of the oil, as outlined by the government, has been dispersed within the oil spill within the Gulf of Mexico 2010. National Incident Command, as outlined by the Wall Street Journal, said a few weeks ago that burning and skimming had removed half of the 4.9 million gallons dumped into the gulf. There has also been 25 percent that evaporated away. UGA scientists who have led the way in oil plume research since the spill started said up to 79 percent of the oil, as well as its toxic byproducts, are nevertheless in the water. Years could be required before a breakdown of petrochemicals might really happen. Unless 25 percent of the oil was sitting on the surface, that much couldn’t have evaporated. Large plumes of oil are still trapped in the area.

Undersea is a toxic oil plume

According to the USF team, the oil spill let a large portion settle within the gulf on the bottom. As outlined by CNN, an undersea canyon 40 miles offshore has droplets of oil in it because of the dispersing, says the USF study. The oil’s toxic chemicals are causing a strong response to the organisms like plankton. The surface has oil that might come out again. 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.

Gulf seafood safety faces long term threat

The BP oil spill has hurt, according to AMA, the gulf seafood safety for a long time. The Sacramento Bee reports that in the short term dangerous petrochemicals resembling cigarette smoke and soot will remain within the systems of gulf shellfish. Big game fish like tuna, swordfish and mackerel will amass high concentrations of mercury in the long term from consuming fish lower in the food chain. If you’re pregnant of have kids, I’d avoid 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