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Dispersants sprayed after Deepwater Horizon oil spill more toxic oil alone

2015-04-26 13:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Ecologist: The dispersant used in the Deepwater Horizon clean-up appears to be more toxic to corals than crude oil, writes Danielle M DeLeo. It also increases the concentration of oil in seawater, leading to higher, more toxic exposures of oil components when they come into contact with corals and other marine organisms. Corals exposed to higher concentrations of dispersant, alone or mixed with oil, had the greatest health declines. In some cases the corals even appeared to do best in the oil-only treatments....

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Justice Department says Exxon Mobil subsidiaries to pay nearly $5M for 2013 Arkansas oil spill

2015-04-22 14:35:57| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

The Justice Department says two subsidiaries of Exxon Mobil have agreed to pay almost $5 million in government penalties for a 2013 oil spill in a central Arkansas community. As part of a consent decree set to be filed in a Little Rock federal court Wednesday, the companies would pay about $3.2 million in federal civil penalties in addition to addressing pipeline safety issues and oil-response capacity.

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