The oil has not "gone away" they have been spraying and using disbursements on it to get it to "sink" out of sight.
NOAA is sending the seafood samples to POLAND for testing and still "sniffing" the seafood to see if it is afected???
This is the biggest failure of our government and it is being swept under the rug before the elections. JMO

Degraded oil in Mississippi Sound tests positive for dispersants, says lawyerPublished: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 5:00 AM
Ben Raines, Press-Register

View full size(Photo credit Jerry Moran\Native Orleanian)This weathered oil was encountered in the Mississippi Sound near Biloxi on August 9. Scientific sampling revealed the presence of three of the primary ingredients of the Corexit dispersant applied to oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Federal officials report that no dispersants have been used since July 19, and have maintained throughout the spill that none of the chemicals were used in Alabama or Mississippi state waters.

Lumpy, degraded oil collected in the Mississippi Sound has tested positive for several of the main ingredients in the Corexit dispersant used in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to scientists working for a New Orleans-based lawyer.

Officials with the federal government and BP PLC have maintained throughout the oil spill that no dispersant products have been used near shorelines in Alabama or Mississippi.

“It is difficult to comment on testing conducted by third parties,â€