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As is oil spill crisis in the gulf of mexico continues to grow, homeland security secretary janet napolitano is defending the government's response to the disaster. >> we had d.o.d. resources there from day one. this was a situation that was treated as a possible catastrophic failure from day one. >> and despite the efforts of bp and the federal government, however, the oil slick is continuing to spread. some experts say it could threaten beaches as far as florida, indeed, up the east coast, as well. the impact on wildlife would be catastrophic. i'm joined on the phone from baton rouge by patr...

And hopefully by the time it gets to the inshore areas where the oyster beds are that water-soluble fraction, those more toxic fractions of the oil have been diluted and we'll see less of an impact. >> patrick, i'm curious, is there any way that the oysters can be brought up and then cleaned well enough to be put out there and eaten by consumers? or is there just no way? >> well, i'm not so sure that that's a possibility due to the filter-feeding activities of the animal. typically, any kind of substance that's in the water is going to be incorporated into the animal. and so just simply cleani...