Ideas change everything

The oil spill's toxic trade-off

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Susan Shaw |

TEDxOilSpill

• June 2010

Break down the oil slick, keep it off the shores: that's grounds for pumping toxic dispersant into the Gulf, say clean-up overseers. Susan Shaw shows evidence it's sparing some beaches only at devastating cost to the health of the deep sea.

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Break down the oil slick, keep it off the shores: that's grounds for pumping toxic dispersant into the Gulf, say clean-up overseers. Susan Shaw shows evidence it's sparing some beaches only at devastating cost to the health of the deep sea.

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Marine toxicologist

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Susan Shaw is an internationally recognized marine toxicologist, author and explorer.

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