Its nearly 6 months since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was stopped, what are the current conditions in the Gulf?

According to EarthJustice. Com, most of the oil that remains is in the form of microscopic droplets floating in the depths of the Gulf waters, which are a breeding ground for a lot of ocean life in the "deep water column. " The droplets are measured in parts per million or even parts per billion, but they aren't necessarily benign.

They can still have serious consequences for small and medium-sized creatures in the ocean. The spilled oil, which was 19 times more than the Exxon Valdez spill, was treated with an unprecedented amount of chemical (nearly 2 million gallons) called Corexit. The Corexit contains toxic chemicals known to cause liver, kidney, and genetic damage, among other health problems, and its immediate and long-term impacts on the Gulf are yet unknown.So while the Gulf waters and beaches may look clean and even pristine, I would wonder how those chemicals and the diluted and widely dispersed oil might be concentrated in fish and potentially impact humans who might eat them, particularly if eaten in any significant quantity.

You can read the article I'm referring to at earthjustice.org/blog/2010-october/day-m... On the other hand, an article at the Eagle. Com talks about how a team of experts from Texas A&M agreed as of late October, 2010, that fish from the Gulf was and is safe to eat. See: http://www.theeagle.com/local/Panel--OK-to-eat-fish-in-Gulf Personally, if I had a choice to fish somewhere else, I would, at least until there's more follow-up information on the long-term health effects of eating fish from that area.

But that's just me.

According to the Washington post (Jan 11th, 2011) "the vast majority of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill is already gone, according to a final government report released last month. " Accoring to NOAA (as of Nov 2011) The gulf is open for fishing. I live in Florida (east coast) and I have yet to hear of any issues over here for fishing, but maybe just the current never carried it over this way.

Here is a link about eating the fish to make sure its safe. drozfans.com/dr-ozs-advice/dr-oz-is-fish....

If you are fishing for fun, the gulf is amazing, If you are going to eat what you catch, maybe it's not such a great idea. Although we hear that everything is fine, you still want to be very careful. In the sea, big things eat the little things."Oil" is being eaten and is building up in the tissue of the bigger things.

Along with all the other trash we've dumped into the sea, this new ingredient spells trouble. Enjoy your fishing trip, but just catch and release.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.