Seafood buyer Bruce Guerra, owner of Yscloskey Seafood, sums up the dilemma faced by everyone in his industry. If the state prohibits its summoned biologist from coming to test seafood about which everyone involved has questions, how can he be sure he’s buying — and selling — safe seafood?

On Thursday evening’s Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert had a fascinating interview with Professor Michael Blum of Tulane University. Blum opens by pointing out that although most of the oil is now out of sight, it is not gone. He then goes on to discuss the toxicity of the material that remains in the Gulf. Here [...]