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Oil dispersants make spills 52 times more toxic, researchers say
While oil spills can cause severe environmental damage to the organisms living in the affected waters, the consequences of using oil dispersants to rectify the spill can make the situation even worse, according to a study published in the journal Environmental Pollution, reported NBCNews.com. The study found that the mixture…
Researchers create nanosponges to suck up oil spills
Nanosponges created by researchers at Penn State and Rice University have the potential to revolutionize the way environmentally-devastating oil spills are cleaned up. The nanosponges are hydrophobic — they repeal water — and highly porous, being comprised of more than 99 percent air. Their composition makes them able to adsorb…
Grow Up, Greenies
Let’s make a deal – we’ll “grow up” and consider the need to drill every bit of oil we can when you grow up and consider the need to be less dependent on oil. Democrats are going to have to grow up. The oil-rich areas they want to leave untouched…
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