Gulf oil spill still a threat to seafood, JAMA study indicates

[kpete]

Source: McClatchy

Gulf oil spill still a threat to seafood, JAMA study indicates

By Fred Tasker | The Miami Herald

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill still poses threats to human health and seafood safety, according to a study published Monday by the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association.

The report comes two days after President Obama and members of his family swam in the Gulf at Panama City Beach and ate fish caught there, and hours after this year's commercial shrimping season officially kicked off along the Louisiana coast.

Federal officials disputed the new report and said ongoing testing is aggressive and sufficient to protect public health.

In the short term, study co-author Gina Solomon voiced greatest concern for shrimp, oysters, crabs and other invertebrates she says are have difficulty clearing their systems of dangerous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) similar to those found in cigarette smoke and soot. Solomon is an MD and public health expert in the department of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco.

In the longer term, she expressed worries about big fin fish such as tuna, swordfish and mackerel, saying levels of mercury from the oil might slowly increase over time by being consumed by fish lower in the food chain and becoming concentrating in the larger fish.


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[amyrose2712]

1. DUH!(not directed at the OP) nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. K&R

[BrklynLiberal]

3. but..but...but..the gubmint said it was all ok......

[obxhead]

4. A threat to seafood, bait fish, plankton, people, and industry.

Obama and BP just want to sweep it under the rug and walk away as well. I understand BP wanting that. I can't understand the Administration allowing it.

[me b zola]

9. What you said n/t

[LaurenG]

5. I wonder how they'll bad mouth JAMA?

What will they say now?

[MsPithy]

6. That 's easy!

The study's coauthor, Dr. Gina Solomon is from University of California at SAN FRANCISCO! Say it with me now, "She's a LIIIBBBRRRAAALLLL from SAAAN FRAAANCIIISSSCO."

[AlbertCat]

7. This just in! BACON DELICIOUS!

.... and, now, better for you than fish!

[MsPithy]

8. Freaking Awesome!

That's a reason to live another day! Thanks!

[Divernan]

10. Peer-reviewed articles by degreed/licensed physicians?

Just the kind of folk Gibbs would sneeringly dismiss as "professionals".
JAMA is the Journal of the American Medical Association, a highly cited weekly medical journal that publishes peer-reviewed original medical research findings and editorial opinion.

[gvstn]

11. If the FDA is true to form

Then they will wait until a pile of studies collect on the matter. Let the businesses involved know that they are evaluating data and that a ban or recall may be in order. Let the companies sell through all product on hand and thereby let citizens consume all the product so nothing actually has to be recalled. Bury the recall announcement on their website. Finally, declare the crisis is over, do nothing to change protocol and let the cycle begin again. :(

I had my fill of crabs this spring in anticipation of the lies. Sorry, but I am not eating shellfish unless I know where it came from and none from the Gulf for a year. I eat a lot of seafood and I am sure I will get enough tainted seafood by deception without purposely seeking it out.

[Karenina]

12. . .

[xchrom]

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