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Although most studies relating to Corexit focus mainly on its effectiveness as a dispersant, public pressure to evaluate its safety towards humans after the oil spill and response clean up brought about several studies about the health effects of Corexit, both alone and in conjunction with spilled oil. [22]
Corexit 9500 was designed to replace Corexit 9527. In 2002, Corexit 9527 and Corexit 9500 were the only two chemical dispersants stockpiled in large quantities in the U.S.A. [ 15 ] An estimated 2.5 million gallons of chemicals were used in response to the supertanker SS Torrey Canyon oil spill in the United Kingdom in 1967 . [ 16 ]
The primary dispersant used were Corexit 9527 and 9500, which were controversial due to toxicity. In 2012, a study found that Corexit made the oil up to 52 times more toxic than oil alone, [12] and that the dispersant's emulsifying effect makes oil droplets more bio-available to plankton. [13]
The BP (BP) oil spill may be over, but controversy over the company's use of toxic oil dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico is still going strong. Although BP allegedly stopped using the chemicals ...
English: Chart of life expectancy as a function of current age (age achieved) showing how life expectancy increases with age already achieved Data source: Actuarial Life Table. U.S. Social Security Administration Office of Chief Actuary (2020). Archived from the original on July 8, 2023.
From 2019 to 2021, U.S. life expectancy dropped from 78.8 years to 7 6.4. Covid deaths fell significantly last year: Whereas Covid was the fourth leading cause of death in 2022, it was the 10th in ...
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Kristin Cavallari exposed Scott Disick's private DM on her podcast and accused him of being manipulative.