Reply #15: It is banned in Britain.

[sabrina 1]

This report may be exaggerated, but the chemical is known to be toxic to marine life and to humans. It was known 20 years ago. So it is irresponsible of people like you to claim that 'you can safely ignore it'.

It is likely, according to what is already known about it, to kill 25% of all life in its path. Try doing a little research before making misleading proclamations.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/20/gulf-oil-spill-chemical-dispersant

The Obama administration has ordered BP to use a less toxic form of chemical dispersant to break up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The decision, first reported in the Washington Post, comes only hours after Congress heard devastating testimony from BP executives and scientists on the high toxicity of two forms of Corexit, and their relative ineffectiveness against the type of crude now polluting the Gulf. The two versions of the chemical being used on the spill are banned in the UK because they are damaging to sealife.

Jerry Nadler has accused BP of using the chemical because they profit from its use:

Why would you use something that is much more toxic and much less effective, other than you have a corporate relationship with the manufacturer?" asked Jerrold Nadler, a Democratic congressman from New York told a hearing on Wednesday.

Shame on the EPA also for having it listed as one of 14 chemicals that used to be permitted to clean up oil spills even though Lisa Jackson has admitted the danger of using it.