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During the 2010 Gulf Coast oil spill, BP was authorized by the EPA to use a chemical called Corexit 9500A to disperse the slick. Biologist Terry Snell conducted research showing that decision may have increased the damage to the marine environment.
During the 2010 Gulf Coast oil spill disaster, BP used a chemical called Corexit to disperse the slicks. According to a paper recently published in the journal Environmental Pollution, that decision may have increased the damage to the marine environment. Terry Snell, Chair of the School of Biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology, discusses his findings with host Steve Curwood.