Posted on 11/22/2010 2:22:36 PM PST by DeaconBenjamin
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Brand new laboratory test results just in Monday morning are showing troubling problems with gulf seafood. WFTV sent shrimp to be tested after scientists disagreed on whether it is safe to eat after the oil spill, and the results are raising a lot of red flags.
Inspectors initially tested gulf shrimp after the BP oil spill by smelling it, but local restaurant owners say customers did not trust the smell test and did not trust gulf seafood in general.
"People started asking us did we know where it came from, what part of the gulf it came from," said Tony Lombardi, Lombardi's Seafood owner.
WFTV put gulf shrimp to the test by ordering raw shrimp over the Internet and shipping it to a private lab. Scientists liquefied the shrimp and put it through the most sensitive testing possible, looking for any signs of petroleum residue.
Scientists found elevated levels of Anthracene, a toxic hydrocarbon and a by-product of petroleum. The Anthracene levels were double what the FDA finds to be acceptable.
The scientist who tested the shrimp said she would not eat it based on the results, and the results may surprise consumers and shrimpers.
"There has been a lot of monitoring going on," said Sal Versaggi, Southern Shrimp Alliance President.
Seafood sellers have depended on government monitoring to keep consumers safe, but based on our results it appears more testing needs to be done.
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somebody else wants a payday from BP.
I recently visited the Gulf Coast for the specific purpose of eating the sea food. I ate local shrimp and oysters and fish every night and several days for lunch.
It is ok. It is delicious. Don’t believe the crap.
Alabama wild shrimp and Florida gulf shrimp are fabulous
Fixed.
Sounds like scare tactics to me. Why can't the actual results with the name of the website were they were purchased, the scientist that tested them, the detailed results of the test, and the FDA specific recommendations be disclosed in the article?
Can’t be any worse than the shimp packed and sent from China.
Lead, Feces, Mercury, other unidentifed heavy metals, and toxins.
Won’t eat anything labeled from China.
The Romans used to use lead to sweeten wine - it was delicious too. Moral of the story: the way something tastes has very little to do with its healthfulness.
fear and paranoia kill
And cyanide smells great - kind of like marzipan.
I live on the coast and ate a fried oyster po boy Saturday for the first time in months. It was GREAT!
Just got back from the Gulf Coast myself. Ate shrimp and fish every day for 2 weeks. It was absolutely delicious.
Maybe I’m going to die now. Not.
I only eat Gulf shrimp. I’d rather eat oil than the crap (literally) Chinese and Thailand shrimp is grown in!
-And grown in fluoroquinolone and other antibiotics to keep the shrimp alive, while living in sewage.
Not touching it. I'd rather have anthracene. Yes, it is a polyaromatic, and a carcinogen. Just like the ones on your charred barbecued steak. Or cigarette, if that's your thing. Or diesel exhaust. Etc.
Best thing to do is avoid shrimp in restos and if you buy it know where it came from. The crap from asia is almost as bad too.
This is simply asinine. If the shrimp had been exposed to crude oil, there would be "elevated levels" of MANY compounds, not just anthracene.
So scentist would not chow on shrimpos
Anyone asked him if he even like them
Add Taiwan, Vietnam and Indonesia to that list.
Bangladesh shrimp
“fear and paranoia kill”
Over tainted shrimp?
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