Corexit is a product line of dispersants that emulsify crude oil into miniscule droplets that are heavier than water and tend to sink into the ocean. The idea is to prevent oil slicks from reaching ...

On April 20, 2010, an explosion tore through Deepwater Horizon, an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Over the next three months, the exposed wellhead released some 750 million liters of oil into the Gulf ...

The mammoth oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico is horrifying, to be sure, but the chemical oil dispersants that BP started using just a week after the spill may be hurting more than helping. BP briefly ...

CHEMICALS used for cleaning up oil spills that have been linked to deaths in the USA are being stored in Gladstone – but the managing authority won’t say where. It follows the use of the agent Corexit ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. During a conference call with reporters on May 24, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, ...

When the EPA approved Nalco’s Corexit to be used as an oil dispersant in the Deepwater Horizon disaster last month, we were more than a little concerned–trade secrets kept the exact ingredients of the ...

It follows the use of the agent Corexit 9527 in the emergency response to the Shen Neng 1 oil spill in the Great Barrier Reef off Gladstone in 2010. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has told ...

The Obama administration has ordered BP to use a less toxic form of chemical dispersant to break up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The decision, first reported in the Washington Post, comes only ...

But the federal authority responsible for the chemical has hit back, saying existing stocks of Corexit are being "incinerated". Australian Marine Conservation Society Great Barrier Reef campaign ...

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Naperville-based Nalco Holding Co. said Friday that an older and a newer version of its dispersant being used in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill recovery are both safe for the environment and for workers ...

New research suggests that Corexit EC9500A, an oil-dispersal agentl, contributes to damage to epithelium cells within the lungs of humans and gills of marine creatures. The study also identifies an ...