Dr. Martin Dudziak of TETRAD Technologies Group said, "Even if it is all clear, which I seriously doubt, because they are relying upon incomplete and mostly superficial observations, those fish and other sea creatures have been eating all this time and there needs to be some simple and inexpensive but REAL testing of anything caught."
An additional concern is that even if there is no oil in the reopened zones, Tropical Depression 3 has formed off the southeast tip of Florida and is likely to become Bonnie, the second named storm of the 2010 season, later today. The current storm track threatens the entire US gulf including the region of BP's Deep Horizon spill site.
Dudziak asked, "Is the area going to be still open for fishing and recreation after that storm has done to the Gulf pretty much what a Kitchen-Aid mixer does to pudding batter?"
It is intuitive that any new storm in the Gulf of Mexico will result in new patterns of subsea oil/dispersant distribution. This does not take into account any additional amounts of oil if the current containment cap is compromised.
NOAA says it "continues to work closely with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the states to ensure seafood safety."
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