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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
An article recently described how the tons and tons of chemical dispersant used on the Gulf spill caused by Deepwater Horizon actually was up to 40 times more toxic than if they had left the petroleum (A NATURAL PRODUCT!) to decompose by itself.
someone made a ton of money selling the dispersant and the idea of using it.
Probably BP, to offset costs of renting the Horizon in the first place!
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I thought Oil was the natural "product" (as you put it) and petroleum was the result of its refinement? If you can give a link to that article i would be interested.