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It’s over nine months since the oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. More than two million gallons of chemical dispersants were used to break up and degrade the oil but it’s been unclear what happened to the dispersants. A new report suggests that they have
It’s been nine months since the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico began. More than two million gallons of chemical dispersants were used to break up and degrade the oil. What happened to those dispersants? Nancy Kinner of the University of New Hampshire tells host Bruce Gellerman that the dispersants have been diluted but not degraded.