A study conducted by researchers at the University of South Florida shows that the dispersants are creating oil plumes that are settling on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. There’s been speculation for weeks over the government’s assessment that more than 75 percent of the oil had disappeared, but the new study shows the oil that “evaporated” may in fact be moving to the east under the water.
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