dispersants

Dispersants injected deep in the Gulf of Mexico to counter an oil gusher last spring seemed to keep some oil from fouling the water's surface, but the chemicals lingered underwater, raising concerns about long-term problems, a new study found. The first extensive research into what happened to...

ProPublica May 2, 2010 Related: Chemical that drags oil to ocean floor being mass produced in Sugarland, Texas The chemicals BP is now relying on to break up the steady flow of leaking oil from deep below the Gulf of Mexico could create a new set of environmental problems. Even if the...