he heads the department of psychiatry at louisiana state university and says the need now is greater than ever. >> we're already seeing people reporting an increase in anger, an increase in anxiety . people describing post-traumatic stress . we're seeing people who are demonstrating signs of depression, finding it harder to get going, finding themselves withdrawing more from their family, from friends. we're seeing some arguing and fighting, even among neighbors and family members. we're seeing the indications of an increase in alcohol use, perhaps abuse, and this is normal. people are really worried is have time on their hands and are sitting around. but they really are worried about their future . it is easy to have extra alcohol to try to deal with the anxiety, to try to deal with the worries. >> reporter: after the exxon "valdez" oil spill in 1989, studies showed there was also a spike in cases of alcohol abuse, as well as domestic violence and emotional distress. there were similar findings in the louisiana after katrina. work done by the university of new orleans found the numb

. >> reporter: louisiana's state university's edward oberson is also worried about cleanup workers. but he said the dangerous chemicals in the spill dissipate before they reach shore, and the general population, including people in plaquimines have little to worry about. >> it can make you feel light-headed and some people are more susceptible to that exposure than others , but it's not acutely toxic chemical. gasoline is much more dangerous than this oil, much more dangerous. it's explosive. it contains human carcinogen benzene, and we use gasoline every day. >> reporter: shrimper a.j. cooper and many others we spoke to don't buy this stuff. >> there's no telling what will happen to you after four, five years. we don't know how long-- maybe a long time. >> reporter: and they're worried about the future holds. >> i have my son out there working. i have my dad out there working. i'm working. my son-in-law. i have grand kids. what happens if they sick five, six years down the line. i have a bunch of running around with no daddy. we have to think about this. to not think about it doesn

that cleanup effort, we turn to ralph portier, professor of environmental sciences at louisiana state university's school of the coast and environment. and aaron viles, campaign director for the gulf restoration network, an advocacy group.wú alph portier, professor portier i want to start with you. what will it take for the gulf coast, to as the president put it, bounce back? >> well, fortunately we are not like alaska. we are in a nice warm climate. ideal for the environment to slowly but quickly, more quickly than not, recover. oil is biodegradable, particularly this oil. and so if we manage the microbiology, we manage the approaches to cleanup, i think it's very possible that we'll turn this around quicker rather than longer. >> ifill: what do you mean by particularly this oil. what is it about this kind of oil? >> well, in oil fields we've worked on in the past, we've worked with heavier grades of crude oil. lots of heavy ends, we call it asphalt. this particular oil does not have as much asphaltanic material in it. so that means as a whole most of the oil as it comes to shore, almost all frac

he said that the epa has all but rules against any microbiology remediation, even though louisiana state universityrofessor says that nature will take care of this in time. our process would excel or it that whole cleanup and they desperately needed. not that i could provide it anymore but i simply know how to do it. except a find out that the epa -- the epa is totally against any biological remediation. >> we have a lot of oil expertise. maybe it is not offshore, on ways to clean it up. this is an unbelievable problem. and it is a tough situation. we should learn from it. so of their ways to clean it up, i will make sure that it will pass on to the correct authorities. let's go right over here. >> i'm going to bring up something that i brought up three years ago factor for the july meeting that you had and that is, if our government wants to be relevant, it is going to have defected doing just five things first and nothing appeared that is to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty. if they do

he said that the epa has all but rules agait any microbiology remediation, even though louisiana state university professor says that nature will take care of this in time. our process would excel or it that whole cleanup and they desperately needed. not that i could provide it anymore but i simply know how to do it. except a find out that the epa -- the epa is totally against any biological remediation. >> we have a lot of oil expertise. maybe it is not offshore, on ways to clean it up. this is an unbelievable problem. and it is a tough situation. we should learn from it. so of their ways to clean it up, i will make sure that it will pass on to the correct authorities. let's go right over here. >> i'm going to bring up something that i brought up three years ago factor for the july meeting that you had and that is, if our government wants to be relevant, it is going to have defected doing just five things first and nothing appeared that is to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty. if they d

and%- we've had cooperation from the university of southern mississippi, jackson state, oklahoma state, university of miami, university of california berkeley, louisiana sttte, and the naval reeearch laboratory among othhrs. the institute is the only organization in the gulf coast states of mississippi and alabama with the capability nd expertise to care for sick and injured marine mammals while simultaneously conducting programs in education, conservation, and research on3 the institute has been a network for over 25 years and the national machine fisheries -- marine fisheries have been involvvd in the care of second marine mammals in several coastal states. we have developed a full-service research and ehabilitation center in mississippi. it is fortunate that we have a facility that can at least help in the rescue, recovery, and rehabilitation of some of our endangered and threatened species. so far, we have handled thh over 100.umber of sea turtles -- only a few of them have been involved in oil spill related activities. the majority have no evidence of that. with handled -- we have handled thousands ii our area and none of them have been involved