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SUBMITTER: Ylitalo GM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3528516 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ylitalo Gina M GM Krahn Margaret M MM Dickhoff Walton W WW Stein John E JE Walker Calvin C CC Lassitter Cheryl L CL Garrett E Spencer ES Desfosse Lisa L LL Mitchell Karen M KM Noble Brandi T BT Wilson Steven S Beck Nancy B NB Benner Ronald A RA Koufopoulos Peter N PN Dickey Robert W RW
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20120206 50
Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, petroleum-related compounds and chemical dispersants were detected in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. As a result, there was concern about the risk to human health through consumption of contaminated seafood in the region. Federal and Gulf Coast State agencies worked together on a sampling plan and analytical protocols to determine whether seafood was safe to eat and acceptable for sale in the marketplace. Sensory and chemical methods were used t ...[more]