BP's Oil Spill: The Next Propaganda Wave From Petrochemical Forces?

Most mutations are not particularly beneficial and result in non-sustainable life forms. Over billions of years, humans have evolved because of mutations which, in the Darwinian sense, have augmented human survival,  There is some religious, but no scientific uncertainty about these observations.  However, critics have developed sophisticated techniques for creating doubt, even about proved scientific conclusions such as evolution.

If you have followed the global warming debate, you may understand that a technique used by opponents of scientific acceptance of human activity's contribution to global warming is to inject "uncertainty" into the argument. Even when there is overwhelming evidence for human influence on global warming, the opponents argue that "we really don't know and so we shouldn't do anything," framing any sensible responsible activity aimed at stemming global warming as irresponsible.

Take a skeptical look at the inferences injecting uncertainty about the dangers of oil sludge  in today's New York Times article which discusses bio-organisms flourishing in areas of oil/gas presence on the ocean floors. My impression is that the article subtly suggests that the oil sludge in the Gulf of Mexico waters might really have an upside, resulting in the growth of beneficial marine organisms. Should the Times have demarcated the inferences by question marks?

Perhaps the next article will  suggest uncertainty as to the effects of BP's oil spill on the dead fish, birds and other life forms in the Gulf and along the Louisiana coast and a potential "upside" as life forms are recycled and today's oil-covered dead fish becomes food for new generations of gulf life.  Perhaps an article will claim that if we wait long enough, BP pollution of our water and shores will be an evolutionary godsend and perhaps worthy of a process patent. 

Is exposing our gulf coast population to the risk of mutation, leukemia and brain tumors, really something that can be sweet-talked?  Next, will we be showered with pictures of cute  (mutated) Ninja Turtles singing the praises of BP in local hospitals where kids with acute leukemia and brain tumors are to be treated?