The EPA is pressuring BP to use a different dispersant to break up oil in the Gulf spill, but less toxic alternatives might not be available in the quantities needed. Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

For microscopic animals living in the Gulf, even worse than the toxic oil released during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster may be the very oil dispersants used to clean it up, a new study finds.

With concerns about the possible health and environmental effects of oil dispersants in the Deepwater Horizon disaster still fresh in mind, scientists today described a new dispersant made from edible ...

A variety of perspectives exist about the value and potential of dispersing surface slicks of spilled oil or refined products. These perspectives reflect varying degrees of knowledge and opinions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Wednesday, May 5, 2010 file photo, oil dispersant and a sheen are seen on the surface of the water in the Gulf of ...

Dispersant is sprayed over oil gushing from BP's damaged oil well on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico off the shore of Louisiana, May 5, 2010. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Lehmann courtesy ...

The chemical being used in the Gulf of Mexico to help disperse the onslaught of oil is no more toxic than oil itself, according to a preliminary government study. The Environmental Protection Agency ...

The EPA and BP have cited scientific studies to back their positions on oil dispersants. And while the EPA initially wanted BP to stop using dispersants altogether, it hasn't stopped the company from ...

Marine oil spills are one of the most direct, and harmful, examples of the toll that the extraction of fossil fuels can take on the environment. One of the few tools to mitigate that damage are ...

When nearly 800,000 gallons of a chemical dispersant were injected into the oil gushing from the busted wellhead on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico during last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster, ...

Now that hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemical dispersants have been pumped into the Gulf of Mexico to try to stop the oil leak from reaching the fragile coastal marshes of Louisiana (too late) ...