Dispersant

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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

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.

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

Report Alleges BP Hid Health Impact of Gulf Oil Dispersant

Report Alleges BP Hid Health Impact of Gulf Oil Dispersant

Oil Dispersants and the Ecology of the Gulf

Oil Dispersants and the Ecology of the Gulf

Diluting Dispersant

Diluting Dispersant
The World

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

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

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

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.

Worker Safety in the Gulf

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.

Gulf Update: Dispersant Nondisclosure
The World

EPA orders less toxic chemical dispersants in oil spill cleanup

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.

EPA orders less toxic chemical dispersants in oil spill cleanup