All-clear from the taint sniffers

I'm too old and too set in my dietary ways to avoid this stuff regardless but here's a green light anyway.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Recreational and commercial fishing has been reopened in the Barataria basin, the coastal area hit the hardest by the massive BP oil spill.

Officials say tests show it is safe to fish in Barataria, an important seafood estuary. Parts of the basin were closed to commercial fishermen until Tuesday's announcement.

So far I haven't had any ill effects to report, of course, your results may vary.

The truth is....there are a lot of sick people along the Gulf Coast. One year later, this spill has not disappeared. This spill is producing major health problems across the Gulf region. Whether those health effects are from direct exposure or seafood consumption....or both...we don't have enough independent research to provide honest, scientific answers. That is by design.