AP - Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil

By H. JOSEF HEBERT 2010-08-01T06:05:49ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chemicals be used only rarely on surface waters, congressional investigators said Saturday after examining BP and government documents....

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By H. JOSEF HEBERT 2010-08-01T06:05:49ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chemicals be used only rarely on surface waters, congressional investigators said Saturday after examining BP and government documents....

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