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Isaac Brings Old Oil to La. Beaches

Tar could be leftover from BP oil spill

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 5, 2012 8:15 AM CDT

(Newser) – The latest fallout from Hurricane Isaac: The storm caused old oil to wash up on beaches in Louisiana, and it may be from the Deepwater Horizon spill. Officials restricted fishing and are testing the tar to determine if it's from the 2010 BP spill, the AP reports. Wildlife management teams have also found three oil-covered birds, the Houston Chronicle reports. The teams are investigating nearly 100 reports of hurricane-linked pollution, and are looking for more affected wildlife.

This Wednesday, April 13, 2011 picture shows an oil tar ball at Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La.
This Wednesday, April 13, 2011 picture shows an oil tar ball at Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La.   (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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OWLWOMANXXXX
Sep 5, 2012 1:01 PM CDT
and I believed those damn commercials saying that everything was all right
trailmix
Sep 5, 2012 11:49 AM CDT
Bobby Jindal is happy, that's more jobs he can create to clean that up.
Twiny
Sep 5, 2012 9:53 AM CDT
I would imagine that this is going to be the new norm for a very long time. BP spilled millions of barrels of oil in the gulf. That much oil doesn't just vanish. It's on the bottom of the Gulf, causing mutations in our seafood. If the storm surge from Issac, a relatively weak storm, was enough to wash this old oil off the sea floor onto beaches, just wait until a big storm comes through there. You'll not only have flooded parishes, they'll be flooded with filthy oily water.
 

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