Louisiana seafood and oil spill contamination/ or NOT

Those of us who know about natural oil seeps in the Gulf know there has always been a certain amount of oil coming onto the beaches and into the ocean and onto the beaches . We know there are tar cleaning stations at the parks and motels.  This article addresses the current oil spill and the fact that only a small amount of the gulf seafood is a affected even in Louisiana.
From The Christian Science Monitor via Yahool news:

Oily rain and cracks in the earth: Busting Gulf oil spill myths
By Bill Sasser
New Orleans – As the prospect of an active hurricane season adds a new dimension to the on-going BP Gulf oil spill disaster, on-line media is awash with rumors of impending worst-case scenarios for the region. Viral Internet myths range from a collapsing seabed to oily rain to contaminated seafood.
Here are a few oil spill myths and misconceptions, addressed by scientists, experts, and official sources: • The blown oil well has spewed so much oil and gas from the substrata of the Gulf floor that the earth around the wellhead could sink and crack, opening multiple oil gushers that could never be stopped. A variation of this scenario involves a sinkhole forming under the well that could collapse, sending tidal waves ashore, or a giant methane gas bubble exploding to similar effect.
According to Gary Byerly, a professor of geology at Louisiana State University, none of this could occur.

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