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On the recordAugust 3, 2010
So oil is dispersed in larger pieces of the oil are dispersed, being much smaller, the microbes have an easier opportunity to glom on and go to lunch on the oil.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper discusses how smaller oil pieces help microbes degrade oil more effectively.

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