USA - Armed services are urged to stock kitchens with Gulf seafood

[sharon sanders]

Armed services are urged to stock kitchens with Gulf seafood

Published: Tuesday, December 07, 2010, 7:00 AM

http://connect.nola.com/user/jtilove/index.html
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who doubles as President Barack Obama's point man on Gulf Coast oil spill recovery, is pressing America's armed services to consume as much Gulf seafood as possible.


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http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/12/armed_services_are_urged_to_st.html

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: USA - Armed services are urged to stock kitchens with Gulf seafood

also please see:

NPR - Deep-Water Dive Reveals Spilled Oil On Gulf Floor

Is the food from the Gulf of Mexico really safe to eat?

Gulf Oil Spill - Coral Die-Off Took Scientist by Surprise - Charles Fisher Penn State marine biologist

JAMA. Health Effects of the Gulf Oil Spill

Gulf - Florida State U Professor Believes 70%-79% of Spill Oil Sank to Ocean Floor

Gulf oil spill's wide environmental reach includes harm to animals, marshland

Greenpeace finds oil spread "farther than we realized" in Gulf Oil Spill

 

[wdcare]

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Another reminder of the "safety" for consumption:
FDA admits NOT testing for MERCURY, ARSENIC, or other TOXIC HEAVY METALS in crude oil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGckevATNPY&feature=player_embedded

Gulf Oil Spill and Seafood Safety Government Panel, House Committee Energy & Commerce, Energy and Environment, August 19, 2010:
Edward Markey, (D-MA) Subcommittee Chairman.
Donald Kraemer, Acting Deputy Director Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety.
Bill Lehr, Senior Scientist National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin., Response and Restoration.

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: USA - Armed services are urged to stock kitchens with Gulf seafood

Another reminder of the "safety" for consumption:
FDA admits NOT testing for MERCURY, ARSENIC, or other TOXIC HEAVY METALS in crude oil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGckevATNPY&feature=player_embedded

Gulf Oil Spill and Seafood Safety Government Panel, House Committee Energy & Commerce, Energy and Environment, August 19, 2010:
Edward Markey, (D-MA) Subcommittee Chairman.
Donald Kraemer, Acting Deputy Director Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety.
Bill Lehr, Senior Scientist National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin., Response and Restoration.

That data is a bit old. But there is this:

Private Seafood Tests Uncover Toxins Missed By Feds

 

[wdcare]

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Sharon-
Very alarming!
The exerpts below are from your Huffington Post link.

Brabeck [of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade] said "the reason we had oysters tested for cadmium is that it's a carcinogen that can linger in the body for 20 to 30 years, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Food and Drug Administration labs don't test for it."
....*snip*
Brabeck said "NOAA and FDA continue to make decisions affecting consumers based on too few samples, not sampling for all the toxins, not testing for all the metals and not listening to what scientists, fishermen and nonprofit groups are saying. They have shown the same woefully inadequate protocol in every fishery reopening since the well was capped."
Brabeck shows community groups how to take seafood samples. "These groups are actively engaged in seafood issues, and they decide what they want to test for," he said. The Louisiana Bucket Brigade does training and pays for tests--which can be expensive. "Once we have results, we bring an interpretation of the numbers to the community where the samples were taken, and report what the results can mean for environmental and public health," he said. "This should be the job of the FDA and NOAA, and it sickens me that it's not being done by our government."