Meanwhile, Back In the OTHER Gulf

The Middle East - including the Persian Gulf - is in the news a lot ... rightfully so.

But - unfortunately - there are still many newsworthy occurrences back in the other Gulf ... the Gulf of Mexico.

Here are some of the stories from the last two weeks courtesy of Florida Oil Spill Law (click through links to original stories):

• 3,000+ foot long mysterious black blob of killer “toxic goo” found near Florida coast — Appears to be GROWING

• Censored: “You can’t say that” White House told reporter — “People will get scared” about amount of oil in Gulf

• Congressman reveals that BP official was allowed to review Feds’ “Oil Budget” before publication — Listed as “independent scientist” by Obama administration

• Local offical: “There was never any nearshore sampling” for submerged oil — BP admits “no one in the local beach cleanup is actually surveying” for it (VIDEO)

• NOAA claims ALL toxic water samples found in Gulf “were NOT from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill” — Blames natural seeps

• Only ONE final payment has been made to oil disaster victims — And it was to a BP business partner

• Feinberg refuses to disclose amount of his additional PERSONAL compensation from BP — “Private information”

• 70 percent of consumers in U.S. are concerned about safety of seafood from Gulf (VIDEO)

• “They’re finding all kind of freakin’ dispersant in the water” says fisherman

• More cleanup workers come forward: “Massive health problems”, constant swelling, fluid in lungs, kidney problems, lumps (VIDEOS)

• There’s an “increase of petroleum product” washing ashore in Florida “hot spots” — “It has something to do with the underwater topography” admits BP

• “Great damage” done to humans by oil disaster says director of NOAA-administered program

• “Very disturbing findings” in chemical tests of Gulf residents — Some “bleeding from the ears” or with “blood in the stool” (VIDEOS)

• 100s of large containers of “discontinued” Corexit 9527A found near Houston (VIDEO)

• Scan of Senator A.G. Crowe’s original letter to Pres. Obama — “Toxicity level may INCREASE with time” (4 PAGES)

• ‘First’ Dispersant Study Funded by Feds: The Corexit “did NOT degrade”… “It didn’t go away” — May not have even broken up the oil

• Chairman of Surfrider chapter in NW Florida “tested positive last month for large quantities of volatile solvents in his blood”

• “Really Alarming”: No baby oysters being found in most productive areas of Louisiana — “Scientists are baffled” (VIDEO)

• “All the fish are dead”: Trout now washing up on beach near Galveston, TX — Even seagulls won’t touch them (VIDEO)

• Cousteau: The oil is at the bottom of the ocean — Disaster’s impact to last for decades (VIDEO)

• Professor contracted by BP criticizes news media — Mentions “conflicting interests”

• BP Vessel of Opportunity worker: If officials keep lying to us, we’re going to die (VIDEO)

• NEW STUDY: Warmer Water + Corexit/Oil = Massive Increase in DNA-Mutating, Cancer-Causing Enzyme

• Alabama Paper: Did anyone really believe the oil just disappeared and that humans wouldn’t be affected?

• Bumble Bee Seafood shuts down processing plant near New Orleans, moves to Thailand — Official blames oil disaster

• Biocide: Corexit prevents microbes from digesting the oil says official

• ALERT: Louisiana Senator concerned that Corexit “is still being used”

• Family describes being sprayed with Corexit (VIDEOS). Mississippi Family Sprayed with Corexit and 11 Year Old Boy Tests Positive for Chemical Poisoning

• Two young boys with “some of the highest blood concentrations of the chemicals” found in BP’s oil — One has already “suffered severe respiratory problems as a result”