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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wild and Free" data-source="post: 120527" data-attributes="member: 406">Top of the list on a search for dispersants alone used in the gulf blow out.First 2 paragraphs explain it alone.[h=3]DISPERSANTS[/h]Chemical dispersants were sprayed in unprecedented quantities in the Gulf as  part of the response to the BP oil spill. The toxic effects of these  dispersants on marine life and humans provide yet another illustration of the  dangerous environmental impacts of offshore oil drilling and why it must be  stopped.What are dispersants and why are they used in oil-spill response?Dispersants  are chemicals that are sprayed on a surface oil slick to break down the oil  into smaller droplets that more readily mix with the water. Dispersants do not  reduce the amount of oil entering the environment, but push the effects of the  spill underwater. While dispersants make the oil spill less visible,  dispersants and dispersed oil under the ocean surface are hazardous for marine  life.<a href="http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/energy/dirty_energy_development/oil_and_gas/gulf_oil_spill/dispersants.html" target="_blank">http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/energy/dirty_energy_development/oil_and_gas/gulf_oil_spill/dispersants.html</a>Then some explanation of the effects of it sinking.<a href="http://www.nature.com/news/dirty-blizzard-buried-deepwater-horizon-oil-1.12304" target="_blank">http://www.nature.com/news/dirty-blizzard-buried-deepwater-horizon-oil-1.12304</a>- - - Updated - - -http://www.nature.com/news/dirty-blizzard-buried-deepwater-horizon-oil-1.12304</blockquote>

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