[Brokenfriend]

How is it doing down there this year? We talked quite a bit about it last Spring,and Summer.

Are the fishermen able to fish,and shrimp out there? How about the marshlands. Have they been cleaned out?

Has BP paid back the people who lost there jobs? I haven't heard a thing about the oil spill in quite awhile. BF

[waves]

i was talking/wondering about that with my friends the other day.

it's no longer front page. no longer sensational.

another example of how the news has nought to do with being informational.

sometime back, i had read that certain seafood was considered "safe."

i frankly still would not eat seafood from the gulf even if it were labeled safe. i do not trust that labeling, specifically, i mistrust the approval processes and those responsible. this is because i strongly suspect that the weighing factors are surely more political than sanitary in any such decision: keep people happier in the here and now, disregard the longer-term aspects of marine-life repopulation as well as cumulative health risks of ingesting perhaps only "mildly contaminated" food over time.

it keeps the fishermen in their jobs, and the food service industries going, and the tourism industries going... with many closed eyes.

heck i even think about the gulf when i eat shrimp here... sigh.



~ waves ~

Originally Posted by waves

i mistrust the approval processes and those responsible. this is because i strongly suspect that the weighing factors are surely more political than sanitary in any such decision: keep people happier in the here and now, disregard the longer-term aspects of marine-life repopulation as well as cumulative health risks of ingesting perhaps only "mildly contaminated" food over time.

it keeps the fishermen in their jobs, and the food service industries going, and the tourism industries going... with many closed eyes.

heck i even think about the gulf when i eat shrimp here... sigh.



~ waves ~

For all the reasons you list that the US is inclined to let things get back to normal sooner than may be healthy after things like the BP oil disaster, many countries never allow word of contamination to get out to their public!

We, on the other hand, make sure to exhaust its media potential first, make sure people have been properly panicked, then say Oh, well, folks, they probably exaggerated... & move on to something which the media hopes can be squeezed for even more -making, revenue-producing yak yak.

[bizi]

they have said that the seafood is safe to eat.So we are eating it.
bizi

[waves]

Bizi

it is a personal choice and many ways to look at it...

best thing to do is get a varied diet... perhaps eat a bit LESS seafood than you might have before (my impression from your postings before were that you guys ate seafood a lot... and indeed, why not... pre-BP...

now, i understand the wanting to support local industries but, if not wishing to avoid consumption totally, i would certainly limit it. this might be a "moderate position" between...

well "the spill is over and the shrimp is magically pristine clean" and

"the spill will take decades to depollute and repopulate so avoid all local seafood at any cost until 3011"

((( hugs )))

~ waves ~ who loves shrimp and seafood... sigh.

3011!

lollollollollol! By then either (1) mankind will have vanished from Earth , or (2) Earth will have vanished along with mankind.

[Brokenfriend]

Originally Posted by waves

i was talking/wondering about that with my friends the other day.

it's no longer front page. no longer sensational.

another example of how the news has nought to do with being informational.

sometime back, i had read that certain seafood was considered "safe."

i frankly still would not eat seafood from the gulf even if it were labeled safe. i do not trust that labeling, specifically, i mistrust the approval processes and those responsible. this is because i strongly suspect that the weighing factors are surely more political than sanitary in any such decision: keep people happier in the here and now, disregard the longer-term aspects of marine-life repopulation as well as cumulative health risks of ingesting perhaps only "mildly contaminated" food over time.

it keeps the fishermen in their jobs, and the food service industries going, and the tourism industries going... with many closed eyes.

heck i even think about the gulf when i eat shrimp here... sigh.



~ waves ~

I agree. BF.

[Brokenfriend]

There seemed to have been a black cloak thrown over the whole subject,but to my surprise,NBC 6:30 PM news broadcasted something today about the oil spill,and how it's affecting dolphins a year later. They didn't say much.

Since the oil spill I haven't eaten any fish,or shrimp at all. I don't trust the purity of any fish,or other sea creature that are sold in my area at this time for a lack of reports. The longer they keep the subject quiet,the longer I will not trust the sea food.

This may be partially my condition coming to this conclusion. I don't know. Please don't be angry with me. BF

[bizi]

steve you are always welcome to voice your opinion...don't ever worry about differing....you're good.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

Originally Posted by Brokenfriend

There seemed to have been a black cloak thrown over the whole subject,but to my surprise,NBC 6:30 PM news broadcasted something today about the oil spill,and how it's affecting dolphins a year later. They didn't say much.

Since the oil spill I haven't eaten any fish,or shrimp at all. I don't trust the purity of any fish,or other sea creature that are sold in my area at this time for a lack of reports. The longer they keep the subject quiet,the longer I will not trust the sea food.

This may be partially my condition coming to this conclusion. I don't know. Please don't be angry with me. BF

I'm a vegetarian but not a vegan, so fish is a main source of protein for me. Even so, I've not had a bite of Gulf seafood since the oil flowed. Just can't do it. Don't use BP gas either. I've studied science, also archaeology. I don't care what the oil industry, the Gulf business community, or the U.S. (or any) gov't says: It ain't safe now & won't be for decades to come. So, BF, I'm agreeing with you 100%. I don't even swim in the Gulf like I used to.

>CG