"MIAMI—The Gulf of Mexico oil spill still poses threats to human health and seafood safety, according to a study published Monday by the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association.
The report comes two days after President Barack Obama and members of his family swam in the Gulf at Panama City Beach, Fla., and ate fish caught there, and hours after this year’s commercial shrimping season officially kicked off along the Louisiana coast.
Federal officials disputed the new report and said ongoing testing is aggressive and sufficient to protect public health."
Study co-author Gina Solomon is a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) where she is also the Associate Director of the UCSF Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit.
Fred Tasker reports for McClatchy Newspapers August 16, 2010.
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