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Originally Posted by JasonG
Good point Arragonis.
It was also Historic in being rapidly contained and well cleaned up.
Hmm, another reason to always have your towel with you........
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The beaches are cleaned up but the ocean itself wasn't cleaned up. Those who fish the gulf have had much more meager catches, ever since the oil spill.
One environmental group is pursuing further action because there are 100's of miles of dead tar balled ocean floor (the stuff is alive above, but the floor itself is still dead in many areas)
The levels of lead, arsenic, mercury and other goodies has been elevated since the spill and will likely stay elevated for a decade or more in the region. The larger fish and bottom feeders are most affected by this and show the highest levels of contamination.