Storm-Tossed Boom Complicates Spill Cleanup

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&nbsp; GRAND ISLE, La.—To keep crude oil out of Louisiana's sensitive marshes, workers have spread barriers known as boom in unprecedented amounts. Now the marshes face a new threat—from the boom itself.

Recent storms have tossed dozens of miles of oil-soaked boom into the marshes, mowing down grass and threatening the birds, snakes and shellfish that live there.

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By JEFFREY BALL

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