Disturbing deformities found in Gulf Coast seafood

In two days it will have been two years since the 87 day BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico began.  Since then we’ve been told everything is okay and that we should swim in the water and eat the seafood.  Well, as many suspected, that might not be the case.  Strange deformities are showing up across a wide variety of species in parts of the gulf where dispersants were used in large, concentrated amounts.  Deformities include but are not limited to:

• Shrimp, fish and crabs with no eyes or eye sockets
• Female shrimp with their babies still attached
• Growths on shrimp and fish
• Crabs with missing and underdeveloped claws
• Crabs with malformed and underdeveloped shells
• Shellfish with thin shells and worn away spikes on the shells
• Fish missing gill covers

It makes you wonder if the Gulf Coast is just a few years away from an epidemic of human birth defects.  Surely eating these animals and living in the same area has in impact on humans.  If this concerns you the way it does me, I highly recommend checking out the Al Jazeera article.

From Al Jazeera via BoingBoing