Oil Spill to have long term impact on way of life: Obama

The disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not only having its immediate impact on the economy of the region, but it will also have a long-term effect on the way of life that has been passed for generations, US President Barack Obama has said.

“There’s a sense that this disaster is not only threatening our fishermen and our shrimpers and our oystermen, not only affecting potentially precious marshes and wetlands and estuaries and waters that are part of what makes the Gulf Coast so special — there’s also a fear that it can have a long-term impact on a way of life that has been passed on for generations,” Obama said.