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Is it so much tar or is there something toxic people need to worry about being in the water or stepping on it?

Biloxi, Miss., resident Terese Collins — expressing concerns about only closing one beach when oil from the Gulf leak is also washing onto other Mississippi beaches.

Biloxi, Miss., resident Terese Collins — expressing concerns about only closing one beach when oil from the Gulf leak is also washing onto other Mississippi beaches.

Andy Kim is a former GOVERNING staff writer.