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Expert: “Experiment on a scale the WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN”; May have “annihilated a bunch of life in the Gulf” for PERHAPS cleaner beaches (VIDEO)

August 19th, 2010 at 07:17 AM

Excerpt from Dispersants in Gulf concern Alaskan residents after Exxon Valdez, WWL-TV New Orleans, August … Read more >>

Coast Guard admits dispersants still in use “over the wellhead”

August 12th, 2010 at 08:26 AM

A liaison officer with the United State Coast Guard told the Destin Log that dispersants … Read more >>

Corexit submerges about “70% of the crude” oil according to peer-reviewed studies; Likely much higher when applied sub-surface

August 5th, 2010 at 08:09 PM

The August 4 ‘Oil Budget’ released by the federal government states that only 26 percent … Read more >>

NYT: Scientists say MOST oil still present; Feds claims are “NOT backed up by either the report or the conditions in the ocean”

August 5th, 2010 at 07:35 PM

“The vast majority of the oil is gone,” said Carol Browner, President Obama’s top energy … Read more >>

CNN mocks EPA testing dispersant toxicity on just TWO species, “Data we’re reporting today is only one piece” (VIDEOS)

August 2nd, 2010 at 04:25 PM

Top EPA Scientist to Discuss Data from Second Round of Dispersant Testing, EPA, August 2, … Read more >>

Congressman says “We discovered how toxic these chemicals really are”; BP “carpet bombed the ocean” with dispersants

August 1st, 2010 at 04:12 PM

Markey Analysis Shows Coast Guard Allowed BP, Spill Response Officials to Excessively Use Dispersants, Chairman … Read more >>

Congressman: BP made Gulf “a toxic bowl” that will “haunt this region” for years, “All of that oil is still under the surface” (VIDEO)

July 26th, 2010 at 05:18 PM

Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee Rep. Edward Markey, MSNBC, July 26 @ 3:30 … Read more >>

Congressman urging help for people who become ill “years in the future due to exposure to dispersants or oil”

July 23rd, 2010 at 09:26 AM

Oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg says difficult issues will be addressed fairly, Times-Picayune, July … Read more >>

UNC Physicist: Hurricane will leave “an oily residue on everything”; “Evaporating water will carry the oil and any chemical dispersants” (VIDEO)

July 23rd, 2010 at 09:12 AM

How Will a Hurricane Affect the Oil Spill?, Scientific American, July 15, 2010:

Of course, sea … Read more >>

BP’s plan to clean oil-soaked sand? Use chemical dispersants!… (or incinerate it)

July 8th, 2010 at 05:41 AM

Beach cleaners only skimming oil off surface sand, AP, July 8, 2010:

“That’s our commitment — … Read more >>

Parish Councilman: Dispersants sank crude but “we’re told as the water gets warmer then the oil will rise to the top” (VIDEO)

July 1st, 2010 at 05:59 PM

Thick patch of oil discovered in Barataria Basin dubbed ‘The Black Sea’, WWL Channel 4 … Read more >>

Senate Witness: BP using dispersants so oil hits “beaches for 10 or 15 years”; To benefit from long-term amortization of costs (VIDEO)

July 1st, 2010 at 01:05 AM

Fred McCallister to Testify Before U.S. Senate Regarding Oil Spill, Red Tape, KSWO Channel 7 … Read more >>

CNN: Gulf residents say chemicals & oil “are making them violently ill”; “Almost all” Exxon Valdez cleanup workers “are now dead” (VIDEO)

June 25th, 2010 at 01:22 PM

BP’s Next Step?; Oil Spill Outrage, Rush Transcript for Campbell Brown:

BROWN: Tonight, growing outrage over … Read more >>

BREAKING Florida waters test positive for dissolved oil; Researchers “Suspect it’s a lot” (VIDEO)

June 23rd, 2010 at 09:51 AM

Affected waters remain open to public for swimming

CNN Newsroom, June 23, 2010 at 9:10 am:

Transcript … Read more >>

Officials say “stop spraying the dispersants”; Oil is “coating the bottom of the bay”

June 16th, 2010 at 11:22 PM

Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungusser, CNN, June 16, 2010

Transcript excerpts:

It [the oil] came ashore under … Read more >>

White House Pressured Scientists to Underestimate BP Spill Size (VIDEO)

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