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BP putting chemical dispersants in Gulf
NEW ORLEANS, July 2 (UPI) — BP has continued to use high levels of chemical dispersants on the gulf oil spill despite a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency order to cut back, CNN reports.
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Gulf of Mexico response

James Garner of the Gulf Oil Disaster Recovery Group discusses the toxicity of dispersants used to break-up the oil slick following the Deepwater Horizon explosion with Rob Masson of Fox 8 New Orleans.

Dispersants: lesser evil against oil spill or Gulf poison?
Nearly a million gallons of dispersant have been poured into the Gulf of Mexico to fight the largest oil spill in US history, even though little is known about their effects fishermen claim makes them sick and kills sea life.
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Dispersants are being deployed in the Gulf of Mexico to break down oil in the slick, but what are in dispersants and how do they work?
Gulf of Mexico response

Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response

EPA demands BP use less toxic dispersants for Gulf of Mexico oil spill, paper reports
Patrick Semansky / The Associated PressA dispersant plane was photographed April 27 passing an oil skimmer working to clean the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.The Washington Post reported today that the Environmental Protection Agency late Wednesday directed BP to use less…
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Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response

Edward F. Blizzard: As Task Force Works to Verify Extent of Oil Leak, Workers Feel Effects of Toxic Dispersants
Over a month after the Deepwater Horizon explosion that sparked the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and following increased public outrage, a…
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