Cleanup of oil-tainted Gulf Coast nears end

January 1, 2011 by  

In this Dec. 16, 2010 photo, workers prepare to fill a hole that was dug to search for a layer of tar buried underneath sand on a beach on East Grand Terre Island on the coast of Louisiana. Crews have been scouring the Gulf Coast's sandy shores for oil_digging, scraping, tilling and sifting beach after beach in their hunt. There is still an untold amount of oil in the form of gooey, largely non-toxic tar, lying under sand, mud and oyster shells along the shores, leaving the prospect that tar balls may wash up from time to time for months, if not years. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP – Dig 2 feet into the sand on this wind-swept beach and up comes the foul smell of oil.


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