Bikinis Meet Hazmat Suits as Florida Weighs Closings
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A sheen of oil off of Pensacola Beach, a week after tar balls from the BP Plc spill began washing ashore, may force Florida to do the unthinkable: Close beaches.
Government officials must balance potential health dangers from oil arriving on the northwest Florida coast against the prospect that banned beaches would drive away visitors and cripple the state’s $60 billion tourism business.