The oil spill in California estimated at 100,000 gallons spilled is a fraction of the size of spills that have hit Rhode Island in recent decades. GoLocalProv.com reports.
Gulf Spill PHOTO: U.S. Coast Guard CC
A chemical dispersant that is linked to making thousands of members of the Coast Guard as well as clean-up workers sick in the Gulf oil spill of 2010 is authorized to be used in Narragansett Bay.
The chemical dispersant called COREXIT is banned in nearly two dozen countries including the United Kingdom and Sweden.
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster was the largest U.S. oil spill and second-largest overall oil spill in world history. COREXIT 9500 and 9527’s became a global controversy during the BP oil spill and cleanup in the Gulf Coast in 2010.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
GoLocalProv: Controversial Chemical Used in Oil Spills, Banned in Many Countries, Can Be Used in Narragansett Bay
Controversial Chemical Used in Oil Spills, Banned in Many Countries, Can Be Used in Narragansett Bay
This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here.
A chemical dispersant that is linked to making thousands of members of the Coast Guard as well as clean-up workers sick in the Gulf oil spill of 2010 is authorized to be used in Narragansett Bay.
The chemical dispersant called COREXIT is banned in nearly two dozen countries including the United Kingdom and Sweden.
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster was the largest U.S. oil spill and second-largest overall oil spill in world history. COREXIT 9500 and 9527’s became a global controversy during the BP oil spill and cleanup in the Gulf Coast in 2010.