COLLEGE STATION, Oct. 28, 2010 – Gulf seafood is safe to eat, but overall environmental problems may remain for years as a result of the Gulf oil spill, oceanographers and other scientists confirmed at a Texas A&M University roundtable.
Participating in a roundtable titled “The Gulf Oil Spill: Lessons Learned, And What Lies Ahead,” the researchers from various Texas A&M University departments and other A&M System-affiliated agencies and universities stressed that all tests show seafood from the Gulf poses no health problems.
It’s all safe to eat, there’s no doubt about it,” said Sammy Ray, an oyster expert from Texas A&M-Galveston. “I ate a bunch of oysters myself last night. Nothing is wrong with Gulf seafood.”
Panelists said that it might be years before the full extent of damage to the Gulf is known. The spill dumped an estimated 170 million gallons of oil into the Gulf before it was sealed on Sept. 19.
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