Surfers release oil study findings

Preliminary results from an oil trend study, performed by the Surfrider Foundation Emerald Coast Chapter and University of South Florida coastal geologist Rip Kirby, show continued high toxin concentrations of tar product found on Florida, Alabama and Mississippi beaches.

It’s been two years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the Surfrider Foundation is releasing preliminary findings from the “State of the Beach” oil trend study. 

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