Plane showering the Gulf with the dispersant Corexit. Photo: Adrian Cadiz, FloridaEnvironments.com The most controversial–and damaging–legacy the BP spill may leave may not be the oil-wracked shores around the Gulf of Mexico or the tragic deaths of 11 workers who were on the Deepwater Horizon rig when it exploded. It may turn out to be the still under-reported use of chemical dispersants to break up the oil slick. An estimated 1.9 million gallons of t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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