Dispersant Discussion

Living on Earth

Nearly 2 million gallons of chemical dispersants have been applied to the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the BP oil leak. Host Jeff Young reports that many of the country’s leading marine scientists have signed a consensus statement against the use of dispersants on that scale.

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