Mayor: Tests link tar balls on Ala beaches to BP

By Associated Press

August 30, 2011 flight by On Wings Of Care (OWOC) shows a large oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tests show the wave of tar balls that hit Alabama's beaches after Tropical Storm Lee was from last year's BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a coastal mayor said Tuesday. Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon said the connection was found in preliminary tests performed by Auburn University, and additional tests will be conducted. "We want to find out exactly what we are dealing with," Kennon said. Read More...

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