derwater oil will continue to degrade or whether the chemicals the crude leaves behind as it breaks down could be dangerous in their own right. "The idea that some 75% of the oil is gone and not a threat to the environment is just absolutely incorrect," says Charles Hopkinson, director of Georgia Sea Grant at UGA. </p>
<p>The UGA scientists aren't the only ones calling the federal government's rosy picture of the oil spill into question. Another team of scientists, from the University of South Florida (USF)