The Video NOAA and The FDA Are Afraid You’ll Watch. Lab Finds 193 ppm Oil in Gulf Shrimp
Project Gulf Impact
By Matt Smith
Seafood Testing Reveals 193 parts per million of “Oil & Grease” in Shrimp from Venice LA.
Despite repeated statements from the EPA and NOAA assuring residents that thorough Gulf of Mexico seafood testing has revealed levels safe for human consumption, public skepticism has continued to deter many locals from their usual seafood medley. Independent scientists have expressed concern over the published methods and protocols used by federal agencies to open sensitive fishing grounds & determine seafood safety. Invertebrates, such as shrimp, crab, & oysters, are of particular concern due to their feeding habits, relatively stationary lifestyle, and inability to process highly toxic compounds found in crude oil called Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH). Unfortunately, their concerns have proven valid.
One local activist, “Mac” Mackenzie of NOLA Emergency Response, decided that it was time to take matters into her own hands. After an incessant 7-week investigation, Mac was able to obtain crucial information from our government regarding the specifics of Gulf shrimp testing. Particularly in the Gulf of Mexico, it is common for shrimp to be prepared and even served whole, with the shell and digestive tract intact.
When Mac learned that the Gulf shrimp testing performed to date had not included an analysis of whole shrimp with intact shells or digestive tract, she decided to mobilize. She obtained two pounds of locally caught shrimp from Venice, a small town located in the heart of Southern Louisiana. The samples were promptly transported on ice to a laboratory in Mobile Alabama, where Chemist Dr. Robert Namen tested the digestive tracts of the shrimp for components of crude oil. What they found was an alarming 193 parts per million of “Oil & Grease.”
Mac informed FOSC Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft of these results during a public November 3rd conference call. The conversation went as follows:
Nancy MacKenzie: “Hi, Admiral. Thanks for taking my call. Just out of curiosity, I recently bought a couple of pounds of shrimp in Venice and had the veins tested.”
Paul Zukunft: “Yes”
Nancy MacKanzie: “And they came back with 193 parts per million of oil. And I was wondering if you could comment on that.”
Paul Zukunft: “OK. Yes, no I’m not aware of that particular test. I’ve been to the lab in Pascagoula where they actually do the sensory and chemical tests over there. And then when I’ve seen the shrimp that’s been tested, it is deveined. So you know, the shrimp has been deveined and deshelled when they do the analysis. So all I can comment are the protocols that we’re using and the fact that we’re not finding any concentration of PAH in those tests. So that’s new information and I’ll have our environmental unit follow upon that.”
Nancy MacKenzie: “Yes, Please do. Because a lot of people down here cook in shell and cook with veins in. So…”
Paul Zukunft: “Fully aware of that.”
Nancy MacKenzie: “Alright. Thank you very much. I appreciate that.”
Paul Zukunft: “Alright. Thank you. “
For more information on NOLA Emergency Response and their upcoming efforts to get Gulf seafood tested, please visit their website at www.nolaer.org. We will continue to update on their progress. Check back soon for more!
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Here’s a chance for Obama to step up. How about a seafood party on the White House lawn with Congress,EPA, Coast Guard, NOAA and BP officials touting the “great seafood” now coming out of the gulf. And they can let their kids have some too. Can’t wait
When will these drugged sheeple quit expecting the MSM to advocate for the people? THAT IS NOT THEIR JOB.
Their job is to service their employers- the corporations- and be their PR wing. Corporations have usurped the govt–They are ONE ENTITY. Wake the Frig up! Wash your brain from their lies.
Dont drink the koolaid. Dont chew the shrimp.
Thanks for your initiative and concern with regard to the important issue of Gulf Coast seafood safety.
We noted your post of the report from Analytical Chemistry Testing Laboratory, Inc. that measured “oil & grease” at 193 parts per million in the shrimp sample they received from you.
In the interest of clarity and providing the public with complete seafood safety information, I want to share with you and your viewers information provided to me by the Unified Area Command’s Scientific Support Coordinator that more accurately describes the lab findings.
Oil and grease analytical methods, such as those employed to test the sample you submitted, cannot distinguish between petroleum oils and any other fatty materials including those fatty materials that naturally occur in shrimp. It is a gross measurement of, as the name implies, oil and grease, and is often employed in industrial applications such as wastewater characterization.
The laboratory method specified (5520D) is not capable of distinguishing petroleum-sourced hydrocarbons, like crude oil, from other fatty materials, like the natural lipids found in whole shrimp. This means that any fat or non-polar compound is lumped into the 193 parts per million “oil & grease” result reported by Analytical Chemistry Testing Laboratory, Inc.
It is also important to note that if any petroleum oil is contained within the 193 parts per million of “oil & grease,” the tests conducted by Analytical Chemistry Testing Laboratory, Inc., are not complex enough to determine if the oil came from BP’s Macondo well. To determine the origin of any petroleum oil, a gas chromatography/mass spectrometry test would be required.
The Scientific Support Coordinator here at the Unified Area Command confirmed this with Dr. John Stein, program lead and chemist for the NOAA seafood safety program. Dr. Stein said, “The oil and grease method extracts a sample with an organic solvent, removes the solvent and weighs what is left. Thus (it is) not specific. If biogenic lipids are present they would be extracted. Thus it is not possible to interpret these results. Given that digestive tract was extracted I suspect that biogenic lipids were present.”
With regard to the question posed to Admiral Zukunft during the Nov. 3, 2010, media briefing, I have confirmed with the Chief, Seafood Processing and Technology Policy Branch Division of Seafood Safety Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition U.S. Food & Drug Administration that Gulf Coast shrimp are whole when undergoing sensory testing.
When chemically tested, the head and shell are discarded, but the shrimp is not deveined at any time during either sensory or chemical testing.
Testing of Gulf Coast seafood will continue to ensure its safety, a point emphasized recently with the announcement that BP PLC has agreed to spend $78 million to test and promote Louisiana seafood, and boost tourism in the state, helping two industries hit hard by the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Rest assured, Gulf Coast seafood is the most tested in the Nation, if not the world.
I hope this helps you and your viewers better understand seafood safety and encourages you to enjoy the bounty of the Gulf Coast.
Regards,
C. T. O’Neil
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard
Public Information Officer
Deepwater Horizon Unified Area Command
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