Gulf seafood safe to eat, FDA says Just like Ground Zero was safe right after 9-11

[sce56]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-fda-seafood-20101029,0,2608868.story


Officials report that less than 1% of 1,735 seafood tissue samples came up positive for any trace chemicals and that those samples that tested positive contained levels of contaminants well below the safety threshold. Recent chemical tests have shown no widespread contamination to seafood from dispersants used to break up oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico — and that such food is safe for the public to eat.

Officials from the federal Food and Drug Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Friday that less than 1% of 1,735 seafood tissue samples tested came up positive for any trace chemicals. Those samples that tested positive contained levels of contaminants well below the safety threshold of 100 parts per million for fish and 500 parts per million for shrimp, crabs and oysters, federal officials said. "This new test should help strengthen consumer confidence in gulf seafood," FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg said in a statement. "The overwhelming majority of the seafood tested shows no detectable residue, and not one of the samples shows a residue level that would be harmful for humans. There is no question gulf seafood coming to market is safe from oil or dispersant residue."

The samples, collected from June to September, were drawn from a wide variety of fish species — including tuna, wahoo, swordfish, gray snapper and butterfish — and shellfish including shrimp, crabs and oysters. The chemical test was focused on finding dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, or DOSS, a key compound used in the dispersant.

Contrast that with this report on youtube

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x520600

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[KT2000]

1. Good title for your post

These lies are breeding the lack of trust that is turning this country inside out.
I doesn't even matter when it is health and safety is on the line.

[ejpoeta]

2. i want to see THEM sit down with THEIR FAMILIES and eat the gulf coast

seafood they say is safe. Show us how safe it is you bastards.

[CoffeeCat]

3. Lies, lies and more lies...

Who believes them any more?

Who cares what they say.

[fasttense]

4. Yeah and the FDA had no problems with the contaminated eggs,

spinach and ground beef right up until the time people started getting sick. And they still have no problem with all that mercury in your cans of tuna fish.

The RepubliCONS have certainly destroyed all trust in government.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Does Government approval protect seafood harvesters from liability?

If the FDA says Gulf seafood is "safe", but later it's found to have profound and dangerous effects on consumers, does the original agency go-ahead protect the fishermen from being sued?

BTW, take a gander at this sample of Gulf seafood:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9418763

[felix_numinous]

6. They have totally discredited themselves nt