Using spill-treating agents to clean up oil spills does not significantly hinder naturally occurring oil biodegradation, ...

(CNN)-- Testing has found that eight dispersants, including one used in combating the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, are no more toxic when mixed with oil than the oil alone, the Environmental ...

The BP oil spill happened 15 years ago. It is still considered one of the worst environmental disasters this country has ever seen. The oil giant paid out $65 billion in cleanup costs, charges and ...

“Our clients have directly experienced the harms from use of toxic dispersants to address spilled oil. EPA’s delay in updating its oil-spill response plan to reflect scientific knowledge about the ...

with an estimated "100 million gallons of oil and dispersants" believed to still be in the ocean today. The Wildlife Effects Of The Deepwater Horizon Spill Are Still Being Felt Today Fish ...

but dispersants were used extensively on the Amoco Cadiz spill, and Bodin found them to be more toxic to marine life than the oil itself. "The massive use of Corexit 9500 in the Gulf is ...

Thad Allen, who is overseeing the federal response to the BP oil spill, said Sunday that he is "satisfied" with the amount of dispersants that have been used to clean up the disaster, saying crews ...

The spill could still extirpate our nation's smallest seahorse, the one-inch long dwarf seahorse, from much of its range, as both oil and dispersants are toxic to seahorses and the seagrass they need ...

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a disaster that will affect wildlife in the oceans and on the shores for a long time. But can microorganisms come to the rescue? bacteria constitute a ...

These chemical dispersants “are solvents ... But what happens to the people affected by an oil spill? In January, the Lima-based NGO CooperAcción published a report on the supervision of ...