Lake of Significance

Recent findings show that tar balls from the Gulf of Mexico have reached Lake Pontchartrain ?a lake that has great cultural and ecological significance for the city of New Orleans.

The oil in the Gulf of Mexico has now spread to the shores of all the Gulf States. And, for the first time, tar balls have been confirmed in the southeastern portion of Lake Pontchartrain, an inland lake that abuts the city of New Orleans. Host Jeff Young talks with Robert Thomas, chair of environmental communications at Loyola University, about the significance of this spread  ? both ecologically and culturally.