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Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans now has tar balls, oily sheen

Lake Pontchartrain, which has until now been free of oil from the BP spill, is now home to tar balls and an oil sheen.
Tar balls now found in Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain

Tar balls and oil sheen from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have now made their way into Lake Pontchartrain, the northern boundary of New Orleans.

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Topic: Lake Pontchartrain Fishermen's Association

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Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans now has tar balls, oily sheen

Tar balls now found in Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain

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