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MSNBC: During the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which dumped nearly 5 million barrels of crude into the water, responders applied some 1.8 million gallons of chemical dispersant to break up the oil slick.
The chemicals, which were sprayed on the surface and pumped near the gushing pipe on the ocean floor, largely prevented the slick from saturating delicate coastal marshes, but they had their own environmental impact that scientists are only now beginning to understand.
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Study: Dispersants used in Gulf oil spill could damage marine food web
Posted by MSNBC: Kari Huus on August 2nd, 2012
Posted in Water Conservation