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Seafood Sampling for BP Spill Contaminants – Just West of Venice

11/23/10 – Samples the waters out and around the area West of Venice, LA  Nature sightings included:A pod of dolphins, blue herons, ibis, osprey and white pelicans, mullet, small fish, gnats. Unatural Sightings included:A leaking and abandonded natural gas well, more industry air pollution from flaring, invasive water hyacinth, dying marsh grass that looked to have been oiled.…
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Seafood Sampling for BP Spill Contaminants – East Bay and Beyond

The LMRK crew, and Deputy Director of Waterkeeper Alliance Marc Yaggi, traveled from Venice, LA down the MS River through South Pass, East Bay, and Southwest Pass. LMRK continues tissue sampling to better understand the state of the health of the organisms, especially those typically fished and consumed in the Mississippi river basin post oil spill disaster.…
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