ROBERT, La. (Reuters) - The huge slick from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatened Louisiana shores west of the Mississippi Delta on Monday as BP Plc said it was trying several options to control the leak without being sure they would work.
National Guard helicopters in Louisiana's Lafourche Parish were preparing to drop sandbags onto outlying island beaches to try to block oil from getting into fragile marshlands teeming with wildlife and seafood fisheries.
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