In Isaac's wake, Gulf Coast beaches littered with oil tar

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12. 'Refuses to eat Gulf oysters'--IMO anybody who does eat them is a fool

Oysters feed by filtering nutrients from the water around them. A single oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water a day. Can you imagine the FILTH inside an oyster from the heart of the BP oil spill area? Several bay cleanup programs rely primarily on dumping millions of oysters to create reefs that gradually clean huge quantities of water. (see http://chesapeakebaywaters.wordpress.com/oysters-clean-the-bay/ ).

In contrast to oysters, fish that feed on algae and plankton can be relatively safe to eat after concentrations of oil are broken up. But even fish need to be tested before they can be sold safely for human consumption. Oysters from oil and surfactant contaminated water are simply out of the question as food.