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dioxide. what s the environmental concern? what part should we be worried about? well, in the open ocean the concerns are a lot less than when you get in and start interacting with near shore environments. near shore environments of course are where the marine life, the animal life live, as well as people. so as long as we re offshore, it s not a lot of sea birds that you have to worry about diving into the oil slick. marine mammals, it s not they re all marine mammals in the gulf of mexico, dolphin, whales and so on but not a big population. so i don t think marine mammal issue is a big issue for this particular spill. let s talk talk to me a little bit, dr. overton, about how you contain this. we heard that bp, which is leasing this rig, sent out seven vessels initially to try and contain this spill. what does one do to contain the spill? several options. one is you can try to wash it away with a soapy material called a disperser.

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