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FYI

A peer-reviewed study released this week has concluded that the government’s safety testing methodologies for Gulf of Mexico seafood were insufficient to prevent oil-tainted animals from being sold in U.S. supermarkts.

.... the study concludes that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) used outdated risk assessment techniques when evaluating the safety of gulf seafood in the wake of the worst accidental oil spill in human history.

Ultimately, the FDA was responsible for allowing food with “10,000 times too much contamination” than should be permitted, the study’s authors said, failing to highlight the elevated risk to children and pregnant women.

We’ve collected shrimp, oysters and finned fish on their way to marketplace — we tested a good number of seafood samples and in 100 percent we found petroleum.”

Study: FDA allowed oil-tainted seafood onto market

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/14/study-fda-allowed-oil-tainted-seafood-onto-market/

Seafood Contamination After the BP Gulf Oil Spill and Risks to Vulnerable Populations: A Critique of the FDA Risk Assessment

http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.1103695

Exclusive: Multiple independent lab tests confirm oil in Gulf shrimp

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/10/activist-lab-tests-show-dangerously-toxic-substances-present-...

Oct 10, 2011: Gulf of Mexico Sea Floor Unstable, Fractured, Spilling Hydrocarbons

http://real-agenda.com/?s=gulf+of+mexico+seafloor+unstable&submit=Search