Lab: Fla. Keys tar balls not from Gulf oil spill

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Source: WaPo

The Coast Guard says tar balls that floated ashore in the Florida Keys aren't linked to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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Twenty were found Monday and several others Tuesday.

Government scientists who surveyed the Gulf on Tuesday said tendrils of light oil were near or already in a powerful current that could take it to Florida. The loop current circulates in the Gulf and takes water south to the Florida Keys and the Gulf Stream. But most oil remains dozens of miles away from the current.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/19/AR2010051901429.html

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Who even believes what the Coast Guard says now that they are under authority and control of BP as noted in recent CBS encounter?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8364906

*flashback* 'Air quality around 9/11 site safe' - yes, believe what you hear