An analysis of water, sediment and seafood samples taken in 2010 during and after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has found higher contamination levels in some cases than previous studies by federal agencies did, casting doubt on some of the earlier sampling methods. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/science/earth/new-analysis-of-gulf-oil-spill.html?ref=us  The lead author, Paul W. Sammarco of the […]