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Corexit (often
styled COREXIT) is a
product line of oil
dispersants used
during oil
spill response operations. It is
produced by
Nalco Holding Company...
- EPA that
Corexit use
continued after that date and a GAP
investigation stated that "[a]
majority of GAP
witnesses cited indications that
Corexit was used...
- 000 US
gallons (2,920 m3) were used
subsea at the wellhead.
Corexit EC9500A and
Corexit EC9527A were the prin****l
dispersants emplo****. The two formulations...
- the case of the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill,
unprecedented amounts of
Corexit were spra****
directly into the
ocean at the leak and on the sea-water's...
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mixture of
Corexit and oil.
Susan Shaw, of the
Deepwater Horizon oil
spill Strategic Sciences Working Group, says "BP told the
public that
Corexit was 'as...
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primary dispersant used were
Corexit 9527 and 9500,
which were
controversial due to toxicity. In 2012, a
study found that
Corexit made the oil up to 52 times...
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operating in over 130 countries.[citation needed]
Among its
products is
Corexit - an oil
dispersant widely used in the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The...
- properties, it is a
major constituent (30–60% w/w) in the oil
spill dispersant Corexit 9527,
which was
widely used in the
aftermath of the 2010
Deepwater Horizon...
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choice to use the
dispersant Corexit to
combat the 210
million gallons of oil
spilled in the Gulf of Mexico. The use of
Corexit was
criticized because it's...
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confronted by the EPA
regarding the
chemical harm that
their product,
Corexit,
would have on the Gulf environment.
Nalco refused to
release the formula...
