Federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has a right to scientific analysis of Corexit

Canada’s fisheries minister is pushing back against a U.S. company that is refusing to let Canadian researchers test its oil spill dispersant. “We obviously have a huge concern about a potential corporate interest that appears to not want to have robust, thoughtful, independent scientific analysis of their product,” said Dominic LeBlanc. LeBlanc, speaking in Halifax, was talking about the months-long impasse over his department’s attempt to test Corexit 9580, a surface-washing agent used to clean beaches in oil spills. The product, along with Corexit 9500 — an open-water oil dispersant — were approved for use in Canada last year on a case-by-case basis if authorities determine there is a net environmental benefit. Read the rest here 09:57

3 Responses to Federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has a right to scientific analysis of Corexit

  1. StripedBassHole says:

    Did somebody say COREXIT???

  2. StripedBassHole says:

    There’s probably a batch of mixed Corexit and Oil nearby in the Gulf Stream. Remember that Planet altering Spill.

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