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It’s hard to imagine that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis is over in this small body of water about 40 miles south of New Orleans.
Workers in hazardous materials suits balance themselves on small boats and use industrial vacuums to suck shiny black crude from the banks of marshes. Swaths of fresh oil flatten miles of marsh grass and cane weeds. Teams of inspectors motor around nearby islets and barrier islands, determining the best way to get rid of the oil…
