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The fda tells us the fish and seafood harvested from the waters in the gulf are safe to eat. and the government also said to the knowledge, no contaminated products had made it to the market and to your plate. two big promises. but how can we be sure? to find out, i spent some time in an fda lab where seafood taken from the gulf is tested. behind these doors, huge decisions are being made, tests that determine whether or not the seafood in the gulf is safe for us to eat. it looks like a scene straight out of a crime scene show. >> what you're looking at is a chain of custody record. that's b...

The fda tells us the fish and seafood harvested from the waters in the gulf are safe to eat. and the government also said to the knowledge, no contaminated products had made it to the market and to your plate. two big promises. but how can we be sure? to find out, i spent some time in an fda lab where seafood taken from the gulf is tested. behind these doors, huge decisions are being made, tests that determine whether or not the seafood in the gulf is safe for us to eat. it looks like a scene straight out of a crime scene show. >> what you're looking at is a chain of custody record. that's b...

The fda tells us the fish and seafood harvested from the waters in the gulf are safe to eat. and the government also said to the knowledge, no contaminated products had made it to the market and to your plate. two big promises. but how can we be sure? to find out, i spent some time in an fda lab where seafood taken from the gulf is tested. behind these doors, huge decisions are being made, tests that determine whether or not the seafood in the gulf is safe for us to eat. it looks like a scene straight out of a crime scene show. >> what you're looking at is a chain of custody record. that's b...

The fish as well. we have some information from the chief veterinary officer of some of the wildlife affected by this system. okay, i guess we don't have that anymore. we're going to have more on that coming up. back to you. >> all right, bonnie. thank you. we will have much more on the oil spill and really the potential impact on the seafood industry, the fishing industry. it's huge down there, so in seven minutes we will talk live with cassie calloway, the director of the mobile bay keeper. also this morning other big story we were telling you about, arizona's tough new immigration law. de...

Resilient. known to be resilient. if you have some oil that gets into the system, you might have a layer that's covered up and you won't see it. all these organisms that burrow into the soil, fed on by the fish, worms, crabs, and they are not going to like that layer of oil. they are going to avoid it and not do as well. and you will see just -- general negative effect on the entire ecosystem. >> curious with regard to the marshes, how this might affect them. they serve as a barrier there off the coast of louisiana to weaken all the waves that hit the coast. so -- what happens to the marshes? ...