Jean-Michel Cousteau: use of oil dispersants in gulf 'a mistake' (5:00)

The Rundown caught up with ocean explorer and occasional PBS host Jean-Michel Cousteau to chat about what his team discovered on dives in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil leak. Cousteau indicates the decision by the U.S.Government to apply dispersant may have significant long term ecological consequences.

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Published: March 17, 2011, 08 pm
Revised: June 9, 2012, 01 am
Author(s): Courtney Carroll
Content Source: PBSNewsHour

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Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Oil Spill Response

Environmental impacts of oil spills

NCSE

Boston University

Trunity

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