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August 18, 2010

Scientists: Oil Contaminating Vital Gulf Habitat
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A group of scientists says they’ve found evidence oil from the blown-out
BP well has contaminated an area of the Gulf of Mexico vital to spawning
several commercial fish species. The University of South Florida
researchers say the oil is residing in drop form in the sediments of a
key underwater canyon. The findings come one day after another group of
scientists at the University of Georgia reported 79 percent of the oil
released into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s Deepwater Horizon well has
not been recovered and remains a threat to the ecosystem.