Since the explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico April 20, 2010, scientists have been working to understand the impact the disaster has had on the environment, the University of Maryland reported March 20. For months after the explosion, crude oil gushed into the water. A new study confirms oil from the Macondo well made it into the ocean’s food chain through the tiniest of organisms, zooplankton. They serve as food for baby fish and shrimp and act as conduits for the movement of oil contamination and pollutants into the food chain. The study confirms that not only did oil affect the ecosystem in the Gulf during the blowout, but it also was still entering the food web after the well was capped.
The study was led by East Carolina University with researchers from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Oregon State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and U.S. Geological Survey.
US Food Safety 
March 29th, 2012 → 3:11 pm
[…] A study led by East Carolina University, with compadres from the University of Maryland, Oregon State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the U.S. Geological Survey, (but not any universities from Louisiana, Alabama, Florida or Mississippi?) confirmed that oil has affected the Gulf’s ecosystem not only during the blowout, but is also still entering the food system. […]
October 14th, 2015 → 5:01 am
[…] A study led by East Carolina University, with compadres from the University of Maryland, Oregon State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the U.S. Geological Survey, (but not any universities from Louisiana, Alabama, Florida or Mississippi?) confirmed that oil has affected the Gulf’s ecosystem not only during the blowout, but is also still entering the food system. […]