The government oil spill report has said things are well while that is being argued. Three scientific studies challenge what the National Incident Command says explaining the majority of the oil is burned, collected or vaporized. Getting shrimp is now allowed yet again for shrimpers. 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, as outlined by a University of Georgia (UGA) study. The sea floor has another plume of oil that was found by researchers at the University of South Florida (USF). The American Medical Association (AMA) reports that human health and seafood safety will be hurt by the oil spill for a long time.

Government oil spill report said spill has been dispersed

The government claims that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 2010 has had oil mostly all dispersed. Burning and skimming has only taken away 4.9 million gallons of the oil within the spill says National Incident Command in a Wall Street Journal article. Evaporation and dissolution handled another 25 percent. UGA scientists who have led the way in oil plume research since the spill started said up to 79 percent of the oil, also as its toxic byproducts, are still in the water. Years might be required before a breakdown of petrochemicals might really happen. Unless 25 percent of the oil was sitting on the surface, that much could not have evaporated. Throughout the spill area, large oil plumes are trapped in the depths.

Undersea canyon harbors toxic oil plume

There is a lot of the oil spill that has ended up settling within the bottom of the gulf, reports the USF team. CNN reports the USF study found that dispersants evidently have sent droplets of oil to the depths, where it is suspended in an undersea canyon about 40 miles offshore from the Florida panhandle. The oil's toxic chemicals are causing a strong reaction to the organisms like plankton. It's possible the oil could return to the surface. The government didn't end up measuring the methane and other gases within the water which makes up, according to t UGA researcher talking to CNN, about one third of the hydrocarbons.

Threats to gulf seafood safety

The BP oil spill has hurt, as outlined by AMA, the gulf seafood safety for a long time. As outlined by the Sacramento Bee, shellfish will continue to have petrochemicals, like cigarette smoke, in them for a when. Mercury can be within the fish like tuna, swordfish and mackerel for a long time considering the food they're eating. If you're pregnant of have kids, I'd keep away from eating any seafood from the gulf.

Further 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