BP Oil Still Washing Ashore One Year After Spill

The pollution consists of “a light sheen and tar balls of all shapes and sizes,” Zink said in an interview yesterday. “For roughly the first year, it was heavy, moderate to light oiling.”

The latest survey in Louisiana by the agency found 5 milesof beaches and 8 miles of marsh heavily oiled, according toresults provided by Zink. The July survey covered almost 4,300miles of shoreline in the four states.