by slinkerwink
That's the latest news after the EPA issued their directive to BP on Thursday in finding a less toxic dispersant. Here's more from here: BP has told the Environmental Protection Agency that it cannot find a safe, effective and available dispersant to use instead of Corexit, and will continue to use that chemical application to help break up the growing spill in the Gulf of Mexico. .... BP spokesman Scott Dean said Friday that BP had replied with a letter "that outlines our findings that none of the alternative products on the EPA's National Contingency Plan Product Schedule list meets all three criteria specified in yesterday's directive for availability, toxicity and effectiveness." Here's theNYT article about less toxic dispersants below the jump:
continued at Daily Kos....
