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4 Most Glaring Errors Cited by Obama's Oil Spill Panel

(Oct. 7) -- Scientists describe the official response to BP's Gulf of Mexico oil disaster as a giant science experiment carried out in real time since it was the first in U.S. history involving a deep-water oil rig. Yet the preliminary assessment released this week by the Oil Spill Commission, which was appointed by...

Corexit: 5 Questions About Chemical Dispersant Answered

(Aug. 13) -- BP's runaway well is close to being officially killed for good, but that doesn't mean the problem it created will be solved. The nation's worst oil spill will continue to cause issues for a long time to come. One of those issues might stem from the inordinate amount of chemical dispersant, called Corexit,...

NOAA, FDA to Test for Corexit in Gulf Seafood After All

(Aug. 13) -- In a rather sudden about-face, U.S. government officials say they will begin testing gulf seafood for the presence of dispersants used to combat the BP oil spill. The move, according to The Associated Press, is meant to assure an anxious public about the safety of consuming fish, shrimp and oysters caught in...

BP Experts: Everything You Know About Oil Spill Is Wrong

(Aug. 1) -- With engineers ever closer to finally stopping the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some experts who have been hired by BP as response consultants shared with AOL News their view from the inside and discussed what they see as several misconceptions about the oil spill and the cleanup technology. Alan...