Follow up sampling performed by the Lower Mississippi River Keeper in the Mississippi River Delta on December 21, 2010
by:Wilma SubraSubra Company
Paul OrrLower Mississippi River Keeper
Michael OrrLouisiana Environmental Action Network
On August 3, 2010, and December 21, 2010, the Lower Mississippi River Keeper and Louisiana Environmental Action Network sampled soil in the Mississippi River Delta near the mouth of Southeast Pass.… 
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Follow up sampling performed by the Lower Mississippi River Keeper in the Mississippi River Delta on December 21, 2010
by:Wilma SubraSubra Company
Paul OrrLower Mississippi River Keeper
Michael OrrLouisiana Environmental Action Network
On August 3, 2010, and December 21, 2010, the Lower Mississippi River Keeper and Louisiana Environmental Action Network sampled soil in the Mississippi River Delta near the mouth of Southeast Pass.… Independent Testing Continues In Gulf
Independent Testing Continues In GulfReport by: Wilma Subra
Results of sampling performed by Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper in Plaquemines Parish, LA on August 26, 2010
Along the shoreline of Southern Brenton Sound in Plaquemines Parish, LA, a soil/sediment sample was collected. The sediment sample contained 47.7 mg/kg Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Carbon Disulfide, Toluene, and 32 Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (0.039 mg/kg)
A small island at the mouth of Baptiste Collette Bayou, Plaquemines Parish, LA had a large amount of coal like material littering the beach on the shoreline and in the near shore waters. There were a lot of birds associated with an inland tidal lagoon on the island. A soil/sediment sample collected from the shoreline contained 72.7 mg/kg Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Carbon Disulfide, and 89 Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (1.46 mg/kg).…
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