On the one hand, that's encouraging news for now, at least. But on the other, where the heck did those disgusting clumps come from? Yuck.
Tar balls that floated ashore in the Florida Keys are not linked to the oil spill, the Coast Guard said Wednesday, but that did little to soothe fears a blown-out well gushing a mile underwater could spread damage along the coast from Louisiana to Florida.
"The results of those tests conclusively show that the tar balls collected from Florida Keys beaches do not match the type of oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The source of the tar balls remains unknown at this time," the Coast Guard said in a statement.
