http://www.stuarthsmith.com/an-industry-wide-apology-from-bp-ceo-robert-dudley-leaves-victims-cold/ Stuart H. Smith is an attorney based in New Orleans fighting major oil companies and other polluters Wed, 15 May 2013 12:53:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.stuarthsmith.com/an-industry-wide-apology-from-bp-ceo-robert-dudley-leaves-victims-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-4867 Jeff Bear Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:52:57 +0000 http://oilspillaction.com/?p=10328#comment-4867 I have just returned from Houma. I met people who are running out of what they call "pre-BP" shrimp. Freezers were filled in the spring of 2010. Everyone in the bayou's is afraid for their future, a community filled with anxiety and grief over what they fear is a tainted fish industry. It made us all think twice when ordering from any restaurant in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. When we first arrived we gouged on seafood until we starting talking to locals. Suddenly there was an oily taste in everything. People are suspicious of FDA and USFW. Is American policy turning its back on Louisiana fisher people? Is it, as your President said, "Business as usual? Or worse yet, is America in denial? I have just returned from Houma. I met people who are running out of what they call “pre-BP” shrimp. Freezers were filled in the spring of 2010. Everyone in the bayou’s is afraid for their future, a community filled with anxiety and grief over what they fear is a tainted fish industry. It made us all think twice when ordering from any restaurant in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. When we first arrived we gouged on seafood until we starting talking to locals. Suddenly there was an oily taste in everything. People are suspicious of FDA and USFW. Is American policy turning its back on Louisiana fisher people? Is it, as your President said, “Business as usual? Or worse yet, is America in denial?

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