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ABCEPA Demands Replacement Dispersant, BP COO Says There's No Better Alternative
A top BP executive insisted today that the dispersant that the Environmental Protection Agency has ordered it to stop using to control the gulf oil spill was approved by the EPA, is working well and is the best dispersant available.
"The EPA had to approve and the Unified Command and the Coast Guard had to approve the use of that product. It is approved and in fact we've been using it and it has been effective," BP chief operating officer Doug Suttles told "Good Morning America" today. "It's making a difference in this fight to try and keep this stuff from coming to shore."
Though Suttles said BP will continue to search for a better alternative, he said "right now we cannot identify another product that is available that's better than
Corexit." His statement brings into question whether BP will comply with the EPA's deadlines for replacig Corexit.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/oil-spill-bp-official-epa-approved-toxic-dispersant/story?id=10708060
There's no better alternative which is profitable for BP. Out of the 16 other dispersants, 12 are much more effective and much less toxic, but BP doesn't make a dime off of using them.