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NOAA Funds Study of Oil Dispersants
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says it is helping to fund studies investigating the effects of chemical dispersants in oil spills.
Together with the Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC) at the University of New Hampshire, it is awarding almost $500,000 for the studies, funding Congress provided after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
"The subject of dispersant use will intensify the next time there is a significant spill in U.S. waters, which is why continued research in this area is needed," said Doug Helton, incident operations coordinator for NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration.
The projects include one by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science to look at the effects of dispersants and dispersed oil on blue crab, one by SEA Consulting Group of Virginia to study the role of social media and other communications tools in explaining risks around dispersants and spills, and a third by Research Planning Inc. of South Carolina to build a database on toxicological effects of dispersants and dispersed oil on marine organisms.
The Deepwater Horizon spill has led to a variety of new research efforts around oil spill cleanups.
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