EAST GRAND TERRE ISLAND, Louisiana: Dig 2 feet (a half-meter) into the sand on this wind-swept beach and up comes the foul smell of oil.
The unmistakable whiff of crude eight months after the BP spill is one of the last in-your-face reminders of the long, tainted summer on the Gulf of Mexico coast.
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