Despite the propaganda, oil is found in the Mississippi Sound

Nine years ago, in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks, the EPA declared that the air near Ground Zero was safe to breathe. That turned out to be false.

Now we're seeing something similar in the wake of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In an article for Truthout, Dahr Jamail and Erika Blumenthal write, "The State of Mississippi's Department of Marine Resources (DMR) opened all of its territorial waters to fishing on August 6. This was done in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the US Food and Drug Administration, despite concerns from commercial fishermen in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida about the presence of oil and toxic dispersants from the BP oil disaster."

So they decided to test the waters, literally, for themselves. And what did they find? Clear evidence that the waters are still contaminated.

They talked with shrimpers and other fisherman, who said that they really want to be fishing those waters but cannot do so in good conscience, fearing that the seafood they catch would not be safe for human consumption. And so the fisherman wait, even though the choice will negatively affect their livelihood.

At least the fisherman are regulating themselves, since the appropriate regulatory authorities are apparently slacking (or bowing to BP).

The Obama administration needs to get involved and do something about it. Otherwise, the administration itself will be complicit in the problem. Remember where the buck stops.

>> Read the full article: Despite "All Clear," Mississippi Sound Tests Positive for Oil