The BP oil spill was already the worst
environmental disaster of the century . and that was before
this additional toxin was introduced.
Ingredients of Controversial Dispersants Used on Gulf Spill
Are Secrets No More
U.S. EPA has
quietly released a full list of ingredients in the two
controversial dispersants BP PLC is using to combat the Gulf
of Mexico oil spill, following weeks of complaints from
members of Congress and public health advocates that the
dispersant manufacturer had kept its complete formula a
secret from the public.
The
mysterious appearance on EPA's website of the specific
chemical components in Corexit 9500 and 9527 -- more than
1.1 million gallons of which have been sprayed in Gulf since
the disaster began -- came as a surprise to environmental
groups as well as to Nalco Holding Co., the producer of the
dispersants. Nalco spokesman Charlie Pajor said the company
was first informed about the full release of Corexit
ingredients by Greenwire, not EPA.
"EPA had the authority to act all along; its decision to now
disclose the ingredients demonstrates this," Brian Turnbaugh,
a policy analyst at the government watchdog group OMB Watch,
said in a blog post on the release. "Yet it took a public
outcry and weeks of complaints for the agency to act and
place the public's interest ahead of corporate interests."
No matter where
you live, you can still join the movement to stop the use of
these dispersants by signing
this petition.
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