Eyeless shrimp, from a catch of 400 pounds of eyeless shrimp, said to be caught September 22, 2011, in Barataria Bay, Louisiana [Erika Blumenfeld/Al Jazeera]
30 comments:
Gwen
said...
I cannot belive this. How the government is acting...just wow. Just wow. There is definetly something fishy going on. The FDA gave no reason for not responding, and they probably knew that the agency that they reffered the reaserchers to couldn't answer, and the only reason why they reffered them to the agency was probably to have an excuse for not answering. I also can't believe BP's arrogance. They are supporting long term effects on fish? They might as well be bribing someone to make they court turnout good for them! Also, I don't understand why the shrimp who was effected by the oil spill didn't have malformations. Or why that shrimp's child didn't have malformations. Why did the oil effects skip a generation before they finally appeared. Was it because two oil-effected shrimp had the child, while in the other shrimp there was a non-effected parent? Or was it just random? Another question that I have is with the killifish, are they're heart and birth rates normally low, or is that a side effect of the oil? The person that was explaining this did not really explain that. I think that this article needs more publicity. People should know about what the FDA did tho the reaserchers.
Correction - I sent before I proofed it. Here is right version. I cannot belive this. How the government is acting... wow. Just wow. There is definetly something fishy going on. The FDA gave no reason for not responding, and they probably knew that the agency that they referred the reaserchers to couldn't answer, and the only reason why they referred them to that agency was probably to have an excuse for not answering. I also can't believe BP's arrogance. They are impacting the long term effects on fish? They might as well be bribing someone to make the court case turnout good for them! Also, I don't understand why the shrimp who were effected by the oil spill didn't have malformations. Or why their children didn't have malformations. Why did the oil effects skip a generation before they finally appeared. Was it because two oil-effected shrimp had a child, while in the other shrimp there was a non-effected parent? Or was it just random? Another question that I have is with the killifish. Are their heart and birth rates normally low, or is that a side effect of the oil? The person that was explaining this did not really explain that. I think that this article needs more publicity. People should know about what the FDA did to the reaserchers.
I can't believe after two years, the spill is still affecting the waters. Why isn't this being publicized to the maximum extent? Has BP actually done anything to help the aftershocks of the oil spill?
Wow, this is just sad. FDA I am very dissapointed in you. You get a 1 hour timeout in your room, Food Department Association! 2 year this has been happening. I agree with Nick. Why don't people know about this and what has BP done? Did you know that Mad Cow Disease is coming back?
It made me sad at the part when they said the grandchild shrimp would be born with no eyes. All the rest of the pictures were kind of gross but very very upsetting. I don't understand why the mean FDA wouldn't respond! I can't believe that after two years the Exxon Valdez oil spill is still affecting aquatic wildlife. I agree with Nick about the fact that this problem should be "publicized to the maximum extent." Jordan, your comment is REALLY funny about the disappointing FDA. My brother was laughing hysterically when I read it to him!
This is so sad. It's amazing how a defect can spread throughout generations. In the beginning, when the video said that the black-gill lobster isn't a species, I started to think that maybe in 20 years or so these deformations my make a different type of species. I wonder if the eyeless shrimp are "shunned" or mistreated by other shrimps or if they all accept each other. Like the other people have said, the BP company should be ashamed of itself.
This article was very weird. It is creepy how shrimp and being caught and having defects, babies attached to them and missing eyes and even eye sockets. Also, how the crabs are being caught and missing claws!! It is horrible how an oil spill that happened a long time ago is STILL affecting animals and marine life today! The BP company should be ashamed of what they are doing to the animals. This is also affecting people who catch animals for a living. If the shrimp/crabs are missing eyes and eye sockets, that is not good for there business at all. I agree with Gwen that this article needs much more publicity, because many people should see how that is we treat our environment poorly, things like this could happen.
This just proves the major impact that the BP oil spill had on everything. Not only is it hard to clean-up and we lose a lot of oil, but it has hurt marine life. This could completely change shrimp and other animals genes. The chemicals from the oil spill can really make a difference. The BP company should be punished in someway. They also need more efficient and dependable equipment. In addition, more qualified workers. People are taking advantage of our beautiful land and ocean.
I think this article was very interesting! I cannot believe this. It really shows the impact that oil has on everything. I think it was very interesting how they said that if a grandmother was exposed to oil while carrying the mother the grandchild would maybe grow up with no eyes or something along the lines of this. I think the pictures were very interesting because we could see exactly how the oil is effecting things like shrimp. In all I think this was a very informative article, and I couldn't believe all of this.
Why would the FDA ignore this? This is serious! I use to like shrimp but now I don't as much. I like the animals. What I meant was that I use to like to eat shrimp. Now I don't as much. This does show that the BP oil spill had a really big impact because the gulf of Mexico is still infected with the oil! I have never even heard of the killfish before so I was surprised when they said the killfish was one of the most important fish on the food chain. I agree with Edie. It made me sad when I heard that the shrimp were born with no eyes! I felt very bad for them. If I'm correct (i think I am) Edie and Emma did the Exxon Valdez oil spill for their mock science fair board. So I bet you guys are pros about that spill! Jordan, I agree with Max. What does the mad cow disease have to do with this. Also What is the mad cow disease and how can you get it? Or is it only for cows? And if so, how do they get it?
The crabs and fish are also being affected. It is very interesting realizing that the grandmothers and grandfathers of the shrimp right now were affected by the chemicals in the oil and the deformities have been passed down genetically. I wonder what will happen to the people who live in the golf because the shrimp have shorter life spans than humans so in about 15 to 20 years, we might be seeing deformed people in the gulf of mexico because of eating the affected shrimps, crabs, and fish.
I would say that this is very devastating as is, and it can grow and grow to be as serious as people developing lesions or becoming deformed because we are eating them. I think that BP, FDA, and the EPA should do something... fast.
This is pretty horrifying. I agree- the FDA should really pay more attention. It would be awful if it was never taken care of, and people all over the world ended up eating these shrimp.
This is crazy. The FDA are not reacting at all to this kind of a situation. This should definitely be publicized. I agree with almost everybody who has posted here. It is just insane that no action has been taken.
I can't believe this. It is just horrible! I can't believe that the government was shutting the world out from this and didn't do anything to help. I agree with Nick that this should be "publicized to the maximum extent." It almost made me cry (ok, maybe not cry) when I saw the eyeless shrimps and when they said that this spread from generation to generation. I believe that BP should be boycotted and put out of business because of this disaster. I can't believe that it is still effecting the waters after 2 years. (PS: Jordan, hilarious comment)
I can't believe that the FDA is refusing to talk and so is NOAA. It is one thing to refuse to say anything about it, but it is different to say that the oil spill had nothing to do with the deformities, when there is a lot of evidence pointing to it. Also, I agree with Jordan.
I thought that was really interesting. I can't believe what the oil is doing to the shrimp and other animals. This is horrible. I can't believe the FDA won't help. They should be helping so much!
WHAT!?! I could not believe that the FDA would just let those eyeless shrimp be sold. I agree with Jordan, that the FDA should get a one hour time-out, but I think that the companies selling the shrimp should get a two hour punishment. BP, three for you. I'm disappointed at them.
This was so interesting yet sad. Poor little shrimp and crabs. This really, like Nick said, should be publicized. I can't believe that the after affects of the spill are still affecting these waters. I don't understand at all why the FDA would ignore this and give no answer. I really hope that not too many people from around the world will eat these shrimp. I think that BP should actually do something rather than sit on their butts doing nothing. They are hurting the marine life, and people catch the shrimp and crabs. When they are hurt or are missing parts, it like Alex said, is horrible for business. Its also really said that the malformations are spreading throughout the generations.
Wow! I thought this article was so interesting. I just feel bad for the shrimp and crabs. The FDA is being so bad and it really isn't okay... I would have it all cleaned up in a matter of years...
Jordan, yes, just... yes. Anyway, I thought that the government was supposed to help us, not try to make most of us mutated bleh. Aren't they supposed to help the public. The government should be grounded for life. Sergio, just go with it. Don't even get me started on BP. Why don't we just make them eat the shrimp. See how they like it huh. It seems like they wants the seafood to be like that. GRRRRRRRRRRR!
This is horrible! To think that this can cause birth defects and other things to humans as well as mutations for other marine life is horrifying! The mutations in the shrimp is completely terrible and disgusting. I can't believe that the generations were affected so fast! Three generations in three years. I think it's safe to say that shrimp's lives are puny compared to ours. I think that the FDA won't talk about the spill, mutations and recovery steps because they don't want to admit that they made a huge mistake that will affect thousands of fish and humans.
This is very alarming... Why is the government or FDA not doing anything? It's a danger to all of us, including them. If that seafood gets caught by a fisherman, and sent to a restaurant, someone is bound to eat it. If only we could find a way to, like Nick said, "publicize this to the maximum extent" and maybe a lesser known group will step in and help solve the problem.
This is just horrible. How could the FDA doing this? Shrimp is caught and sent to restaurants and we eat these shrimp. These spills have been affecting the shrimp for two years now! I also can't believe the BP's arrogance.
Thats disgusting. I thought BP was paying a lot of money to prevent these things. If they are, its not working. The government needs to take charge and not hide behind their ignorance. The FDA is shoving their head in the sand while dead, eyeless shrimp wash up on it.
Wow. I can't believe that the FDA would let this happen. This is really sad that the oil spill is still affecting the environment even after so much time has passed. I hope they have made an effort to clean up the oil, but if they have it has sure taken a lot of time. I think the most alarming seafood deformity was that they caught crabs without claws. But it was also very weird that the shrimp were missing eyes. This was really interesting.
I can't believe this. Imagine going to a sushi restaurant. You sit down at the table and order shrimp sashimi. You're in Florida at a FIVE STAR RESTAURANT and your food comes and it's brown. Not good. You ask the waiter and they say, "oh, blame BP." Mutated shrimp and fish are creepy. If you were a fisherman and were fishing for lobsters, and one comes up and has only 1 claw, at least I would be freaked out. This should definately get more publicity.
30 comments:
I cannot belive this. How the government is acting...just wow. Just wow. There is definetly something fishy going on. The FDA gave no reason for not responding, and they probably knew that the agency that they reffered the reaserchers to couldn't answer, and the only reason why they reffered them to the agency was probably to have an excuse for not answering. I also can't believe BP's arrogance. They are supporting long term effects on fish? They might as well be bribing someone to make they court turnout good for them! Also, I don't understand why the shrimp who was effected by the oil spill didn't have malformations. Or why that shrimp's child didn't have malformations. Why did the oil effects skip a generation before they finally appeared. Was it because two oil-effected shrimp had the child, while in the other shrimp there was a non-effected parent? Or was it just random? Another question that I have is with the killifish, are they're heart and birth rates normally low, or is that a side effect of the oil? The person that was explaining this did not really explain that. I think that this article needs more publicity. People should know about what the FDA did tho the reaserchers.
Correction - I sent before I proofed it. Here is right version.
I cannot belive this. How the government is acting... wow. Just wow. There is definetly something fishy going on. The FDA gave no reason for not responding, and they probably knew that the agency that they referred the reaserchers to couldn't answer, and the only reason why they referred them to that agency was probably to have an excuse for not answering. I also can't believe BP's arrogance. They are impacting the long term effects on fish? They might as well be bribing someone to make the court case turnout good for them! Also, I don't understand why the shrimp who were effected by the oil spill didn't have malformations. Or why their children didn't have malformations. Why did the oil effects skip a generation before they finally appeared. Was it because two oil-effected shrimp had a child, while in the other shrimp there was a non-effected parent? Or was it just random? Another question that I have is with the killifish. Are their heart and birth rates normally low, or is that a side effect of the oil? The person that was explaining this did not really explain that. I think that this article needs more publicity. People should know about what the FDA did to the reaserchers.
I can't believe after two years, the spill is still affecting the waters. Why isn't this being publicized to the maximum extent? Has BP actually done anything to help the aftershocks of the oil spill?
Wow, this is just sad. FDA I am very dissapointed in you. You get a 1 hour timeout in your room, Food Department Association! 2 year this has been happening. I agree with Nick. Why don't people know about this and what has BP done? Did you know that Mad Cow Disease is coming back?
It made me sad at the part when they said the grandchild shrimp would be born with no eyes. All the rest of the pictures were kind of gross but very very upsetting. I don't understand why the mean FDA wouldn't respond! I can't believe that after two years the Exxon Valdez oil spill is still affecting aquatic wildlife. I agree with Nick about the fact that this problem should be "publicized to the maximum extent." Jordan, your comment is REALLY funny about the disappointing FDA. My brother was laughing hysterically when I read it to him!
This is so sad. It's amazing how a defect can spread throughout generations. In the beginning, when the video said that the black-gill lobster isn't a species, I started to think that maybe in 20 years or so these deformations my make a different type of species. I wonder if the eyeless shrimp are "shunned" or mistreated by other shrimps or if they all accept each other. Like the other people have said, the BP company should be ashamed of itself.
I'll be sure not to let anyone I know eat shrimp
Jordan- What does mad cow disease have to do with anything?
This article was very weird. It is creepy how shrimp and being caught and having defects, babies attached to them and missing eyes and even eye sockets. Also, how the crabs are being caught and missing claws!! It is horrible how an oil spill that happened a long time ago is STILL affecting animals and marine life today! The BP company should be ashamed of what they are doing to the animals. This is also affecting people who catch animals for a living. If the shrimp/crabs are missing eyes and eye sockets, that is not good for there business at all. I agree with Gwen that this article needs much more publicity, because many people should see how that is we treat our environment poorly, things like this could happen.
This just proves the major impact that the BP oil spill had on everything. Not only is it hard to clean-up and we lose a lot of oil, but it has hurt marine life. This could completely change shrimp and other animals genes. The chemicals from the oil spill can really make a difference. The BP company should be punished in someway. They also need more efficient and dependable equipment. In addition, more qualified workers. People are taking advantage of our beautiful land and ocean.
I think this article was very interesting! I cannot believe this. It really shows the impact that oil has on everything. I think it was very interesting how they said that if a grandmother was exposed to oil while carrying the mother the grandchild would maybe grow up with no eyes or something along the lines of this. I think the pictures were very interesting because we could see exactly how the oil is effecting things like shrimp. In all I think this was a very informative article, and I couldn't believe all of this.
Why would the FDA ignore this? This is serious! I use to like shrimp but now I don't as much. I like the animals. What I meant was that I use to like to eat shrimp. Now I don't as much. This does show that the BP oil spill had a really big impact because the gulf of Mexico is still infected with the oil! I have never even heard of the killfish before so I was surprised when they said the killfish was one of the most important fish on the food chain.
I agree with Edie. It made me sad when I heard that the shrimp were born with no eyes! I felt very bad for them. If I'm correct (i think I am) Edie and Emma did the Exxon Valdez oil spill for their mock science fair board. So I bet you guys are pros about that spill!
Jordan, I agree with Max. What does the mad cow disease have to do with this. Also What is the mad cow disease and how can you get it? Or is it only for cows? And if so, how do they get it?
The crabs and fish are also being affected. It is very interesting realizing that the grandmothers and grandfathers of the shrimp right now were affected by the chemicals in the oil and the deformities have been passed down genetically. I wonder what will happen to the people who live in the golf because the shrimp have shorter life spans than humans so in about 15 to 20 years, we might be seeing deformed people in the gulf of mexico because of eating the affected shrimps, crabs, and fish.
I would say that this is very devastating as is, and it can grow and grow to be as serious as people developing lesions or becoming deformed because we are eating them. I think that BP, FDA, and the EPA should do something... fast.
This is pretty horrifying. I agree- the FDA should really pay more attention. It would be awful if it was never taken care of, and people all over the world ended up eating these shrimp.
This is crazy. The FDA are not reacting at all to this kind of a situation. This should definitely be publicized. I agree with almost everybody who has posted here. It is just insane that no action has been taken.
I can't believe this. It is just horrible! I can't believe that the government was shutting the world out from this and didn't do anything to help. I agree with Nick that this should be "publicized to the maximum extent." It almost made me cry (ok, maybe not cry) when I saw the eyeless shrimps and when they said that this spread from generation to generation. I believe that BP should be boycotted and put out of business because of this disaster. I can't believe that it is still effecting the waters after 2 years.
(PS: Jordan, hilarious comment)
I can't believe that the FDA is refusing to talk and so is
NOAA. It is one thing to refuse to say anything about it, but it is different to say that the oil spill had nothing to do with the deformities, when there is a lot of evidence pointing to it. Also, I agree with Jordan.
I thought that was really interesting. I can't believe what the oil is doing to the shrimp and other animals. This is horrible. I can't believe the FDA won't help. They should be helping so much!
WHAT!?! I could not believe that the FDA would just let those eyeless shrimp be sold. I agree with Jordan, that the FDA should get a one hour time-out, but I think that the companies selling the shrimp should get a two hour punishment. BP, three for you. I'm disappointed at them.
This was so interesting yet sad. Poor little shrimp and crabs. This really, like Nick said, should be publicized. I can't believe that the after affects of the spill are still affecting these waters. I don't understand at all why the FDA would ignore this and give no answer. I really hope that not too many people from around the world will eat these shrimp. I think that BP should actually do something rather than sit on their butts doing nothing. They are hurting the marine life, and people catch the shrimp and crabs. When they are hurt or are missing parts, it like Alex said, is horrible for business. Its also really said that the malformations are spreading throughout the generations.
Wow! I thought this article was so interesting. I just feel bad for the shrimp and crabs. The FDA is being so bad and it really isn't okay... I would have it all cleaned up in a matter of years...
Jordan, yes, just... yes. Anyway, I thought that the government was supposed to help us, not try to make most of us mutated bleh. Aren't they supposed to help the public. The government should be grounded for life. Sergio, just go with it. Don't even get me started on BP. Why don't we just make them eat the shrimp. See how they like it huh. It seems like they wants the seafood to be like that. GRRRRRRRRRRR!
This is horrible! To think that this can cause birth defects and other things to humans as well as mutations for other marine life is horrifying! The mutations in the shrimp is completely terrible and disgusting. I can't believe that the generations were affected so fast! Three generations in three years. I think it's safe to say that shrimp's lives are puny compared to ours. I think that the FDA won't talk about the spill, mutations and recovery steps because they don't want to admit that they made a huge mistake that will affect thousands of fish and humans.
This is very alarming... Why is the government or FDA not doing anything? It's a danger to all of us, including them. If that seafood gets caught by a fisherman, and sent to a restaurant, someone is bound to eat it. If only we could find a way to, like Nick said, "publicize this to the maximum extent" and maybe a lesser known group will step in and help solve the problem.
This is just horrible. How could the FDA doing this? Shrimp is caught and sent to restaurants and we eat these shrimp. These spills have been affecting the shrimp for two years now! I also can't believe the BP's arrogance.
Thats disgusting. I thought BP was paying a lot of money to prevent these things. If they are, its not working. The government needs to take charge and not hide behind their ignorance. The FDA is shoving their head in the sand while dead, eyeless shrimp wash up on it.
That is very sad. I am very disgusted by this. Since we eat these shrimp I wonder if after a period of time i wonder if this will effect humans.
Wow. I can't believe that the FDA would let this happen. This is really sad that the oil spill is still affecting the environment even after so much time has passed. I hope they have made an effort to clean up the oil, but if they have it has sure taken a lot of time. I think the most alarming seafood deformity was that they caught crabs without claws. But it was also very weird that the shrimp were missing eyes. This was really interesting.
I can't believe this. Imagine going to a sushi restaurant. You sit down at the table and order shrimp sashimi. You're in Florida at a FIVE STAR RESTAURANT and your food comes and it's brown. Not good. You ask the waiter and they say, "oh, blame BP." Mutated shrimp and fish are creepy. If you were a fisherman and were fishing for lobsters, and one comes up and has only 1 claw, at least I would be freaked out. This should definately get more publicity.
I think this is sad, but what's done is done, right? I think the optimal solution to this is simply to move on instead of worrying about these shrimp.
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