Environment: Some Gulf of Mexico beaches are still contaminated with a toxic sludge of oil and dispersant
Research show that carcinogenic oil-related PAH compounds are easily absorbed through skin
By Bob Berwyn
SUMMIT COUNTY — Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, beaches along the northern Gulf of Mexico coastline are far from being clean, says University of South Florida researcher James "Rip" Kirby, who recently documented accumulations of remnant oil with "scary high" concentrations of carcinogenic oil-related compounds.
