Oil Spill Seafood

Gulf Fishermen Reel From Seafood Troubles

AP | CAIN BURDEAU and JAY REEVES | Posted 05.24.2012

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LAFITTE, La. — Gloom infects the hard-working shrimp and crab docks of this gritty fishing town as the second full year of fishing since BP's ca...

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Gulf Seafood Sales Get Boost From Military

AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — Sales of Gulf of Mexico seafood are getting a boost from the military after being hammered by last year's BP oil spill, which left...

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Is The FDA Underestimating Gulf Residents' Exposure To Carcinogens In Seafood?

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 05.25.2011

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The NRDC says that the FDA is grossly underestimating the exposure to carcinogens in seafood that Gulf Coast residents have been and are being exposed...

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WATCH: Gulf Fishing Boat Hauls In Oil-Covered Shrimp From Newly Opened Waters

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tar Balls. Not quite as appetizing a shrimp side dish as cocktail sauce. But according to FOX 10 News, that's just what the shrimp boat Our Mother cau...

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Gulf Spill Fix Part 2: Consumer Confidence

Malcolm Wittenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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What is the social and economic impact of diminished confidence and reduced consumption of seafood? A recent survey conducted by the University of Minnesota really tells the tale for the American consumer.

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The Oil Spill And Seafood: Who Decides What's Safe?

aolnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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AOL News spent the past two weeks chasing down precisely who is doing that testing and how they decide what is safe to eat. The analysis is importa...

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Grocer Urges Gulf Coast Shrimp On Customers -- Buyer Beware?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Apparently, the Harris Teeter grocery store chain has something called the "Fresh Catch Club," and yesterday, its members received an email, flagged b...

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Riki Ott: Seafood Safety and Politics Don't Mix -- Serious Risks Exist In The Gulf

Riki Ott | Posted 05.25.2011

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The community stories that string together across the Gulf coast paint a picture quite different from what BP, its contractors, and our government report.

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Oiled Crabs Provide Evidence Of Tainted Gulf Food Web

AP | JOHN FLESHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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BARATARIA, La. (AP) — To assess how heavy a blow the BP oil spill has dealt the Gulf of Mexico, researchers are closely watching a staple of the...

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Not Even Gulf Fishermen Buy The Government's 'Smell Test' Policy On Oil-Exposed Seafood

AP | JASON DEAREN and GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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VENICE, La. — Seafood from some parts of the oil-fouled Gulf of Mexico has been declared safe to eat by the government, based in part on human s...

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Government Says Tests Show Gulf Seafood Is Safe

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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APALACHICOLA, Fla. (AP) -- Shrimp, grouper, tuna and other seafood snatched from the fringes of the oil in the Gulf of Mexico are safe to eat, accord...

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As Oil Looms Nearby, Locals Stock Up On Seafood

The New York Times | KIM SEVERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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With oil from a gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico looming offshore, people here are buying and eating as much seafood as they can as fast as they can...

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NYC Shrimp Safe, Despite Gulf Oil Spill

nydailynews.com | By Christina Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shrimp can stay on the menu. New Yorkers needn't worry that the seafood on their dinner plates has been contaminated by the Gulf Coast oil slick, fis...

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