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Dispersant is like a “super-duper shampoo,” Lewis says. It is essentially a detergent made with off-the-shelf ingredients, and has been proven to have very low toxicity, he says. Experts agree that the oil is much more toxic. BP consultant

In fact, the only reason dispersants are not normally described as detergents, a word most people find less scary, is because of the bad memory of an early oil-spill cleanup decades ago. An industrial-grade detergent was used that proved to be very toxic to wildlife, Lewis says. That experience prompted the invention of new dispersants that are thought to be safer, such as Corexit, which is being used in the gulf.

“There’s something not very comforting about seeing an aircraft flying low, spraying something out the back where you don’t know what it is. It evokes memories of Agent Orange,” Lewis says. “It doesn’t help calling them chemicals. Everything is a chemical, even table salt.”

“I’ve been covered by it, coated in it many times,” Allen says. “I’ve never had any problems, skin rashes, anything like that.”

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Intel Hub – I am issuing an open challenge to Mr. Allen. Cover yourself with Corexit on video and show the world how safe it really is.