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"I have critically high levels of chemicals in my body," 33-year-old Steven Aguinaga of Hazlehurst, Mississippi told Al Jazeera. "Yesterday I went to see another doctor to get my blood test results and the nurse said she didn't know how I even got there."
Gulf spill sickness wrecking lives - Features
Post Carbon: EPA demands less-toxic dispersant - Juliet Eilperin
The Environmental Protection Agency informed BP officials late Wednesday that the company has 24 hours to choose a less-toxic form of chemical dispersants to break up its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to government sources familiar with the decision, and must apply the new form of dispersants within 72 hours of submitting the list of alternatives. The move is significant, because it suggests federal officials are now concerned that the unprecedented use of chemical dispersants could pose a significant threat to the Gulf of Mexico's marine life.
<img src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2010/05/corexitspray.jpg" alt="corexitspray" title="corexitspray" width="670" height="394" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21424" /> British Petroleum and government disaster-relief agencies are using a toxic chemical to disperse oil in the Gulf of Mexico, even though a better alternative appears to be available.
Toxic Oil Dispersant Used in Gulf Despite Better Alternative | Wired Science
Disclaimer: The listing of a product on the Product Schedule does NOT mean that EPA approves, recommends, licenses, certifies, or authorizes the use of the product on an oil discharge. The listing means only that data have been submitted to EPA as required by Subpart J of the National Contingency Plan, Section 300.915.
National Contingency Plan Product Schedule | Emergency Management
Polychem DISPERSIT¨ Spec Sheet
Polychem Dispersit SPC 1000 is an EPA reviewed, NCP listed water based dispersant to be used on oil discharges or oil spills in accordance with the procedures set forth by the U.S. Coast Guard and other governmental agencies.
A senior House Democrat today asked Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen and U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to release information supporting BP PLC's continued use of dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of a government directive that told the oil giant to curtail its use of the controversial chemicals.