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EPA orders less toxic chemical dispersants in oil spill cleanup

Global Politics

The Environmental Protection Agency has given BP 24 hours to find a less toxic chemical dispersant to break up the oil gushing from their ruined pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. However, many experts wonder if dispersants should be used at all.

Oil Dispersants and the Ecology of the Gulf

Diluting Dispersant

Oil in the Air

Dispersant Discussion

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.