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Dispersant

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Oil-chewing bacteria may be the future for quickly cleaning toxic oil spills

Environment

Oil spills are ecological disasters. Whether it’s the oil itself or the dispersants used to break up the slick, spills wreak environmental havoc on marine life, shore life and human life. But hydrocarbon-chewing microbes could reduce the havoc and the danger.

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Oil-chewing bacteria may be the future for quickly cleaning toxic oil spills

Environment
The World

EPA orders less toxic chemical dispersants in oil spill cleanup

Global Politics

Report Alleges BP Hid Health Impact of Gulf Oil Dispersant

Conflict & Justice

Oil Dispersants and the Ecology of the Gulf

Diluting Dispersant

It’s over nine months since the oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. More than two million gallons of chemical dispersants were used to break up and degrade the oil but it’s been unclear what happened to the dispersants. A new report suggests that they have

Dispersant Discussion

Nearly 2 million gallons of chemical dispersants have been used in the Gulf of Mexico to break up the gushing oil. This is the first time they have been used below the ocean surface, as much as a mile deep at the broken well. Many of the country’s leading

Worker Safety in the Gulf

David Michaels, the Assistant Secretary for Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, talks about what his agency is doing to ensure worker safety in the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf Update: Dispersant Nondisclosure

Scientists trying to understand how the mixture of chemical dispersants and oil affect the Gulf say they can’t get samples of the dispersant Corexit they need to do their work.

The World

Oil spill: a closer look at chemical dispersants; shrimping season begins

Environment

The oil unleashed into the Gulf of Mexico over the last months is a toxic danger, but so is one of the key methods of fighting the oil. We look at the effects of the dispersant on the environment and talk to a shrimper about what he has noticed.