The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is facing a potential suit by the Center for Biological Diversity for allowing the use of dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill without ensuring that the chemicals will not harm endangered species and their habitats. On Wednesday the group sent the EPA an official notice of its intent to sue and requested that the agency immediately study the effects of dispersants on species such as sea turtles and corals and incorporate this knowledge into oil-spill response efforts.
June 03, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is facing a potential suit by the Center for Biological Diversity for allowing the use of dispersants in an attempt to limit damage in the Gulf of Mexico from the BP oil spill.
Dispersants are used to break down oil in the slick by isolating it into very small droplets, which in theory allows the oil to be eaten by micro-organisms.
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