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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Marshes Threatened

The oil spill continues and the news gets worse.

Now the marsh region which is a fragile environmental ecosystem which acts as a type of incubator for all kinds of aquatic life is on the verge of disaster.

Reuters: BP scrambles to cap flow as oil closes in on marsh
Some environmental groups and the Gulf's shrimping industry have raised concerns about effect of the chemicals (dispersants), saying the oil might not sink all the way, but become suspended in the water column and ingested by fish and other wildlife.


"I've been doing this for 22 years full time, and I don't really know nothing else," he said in a soft Cajun drawl. "If it doesn't come into our marsh and ruin our marsh, I'll be very surprised. Once the grass dies, it's gone."