Scientists skeptical about rush to build sand barriers

Louisiana officials demand swift action to block oil, but berms are costly, fragile and potentially harmful. The frenzied response to the BP oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico has featured any number of wing-and-a-prayer options from engineers and elected officials. But the debate over a sand-barrier plan that skeptical scientists are referring to as "The Great Wall of Louisiana" has been the most politically charged .

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