As we learned a few days ago, the dispersant being injected into the Gulf in massive quantities is "more toxic and less effective" than other available dispersants. So much so that...
The two types of dispersants BP is spraying in the Gulf are banned for use on oil spills in the U.K. As EPA-approved products, BP has been using them in greater quantities than dispersants have ever been used in the history of US oil spills.
Banned in the UK. I wonder why.
As we’ve reported, Corexit was also used after Exxon Valdez and was “later linked with health impacts in people including respiratory, nervous system, liver, kidney and blood disorders.” One of the two Corexit products also contains a compound associated with “headaches, vomiting and reproductive problems at high doses.”
400,000 gallons of Corexit have been dumped into the Gulf. Not surprisingly, Nalco, the maker of Corexit, shares executives with BP and Exxon.