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On the recordAugust 3, 2010
To go back to bioaccumulation, once you have combined the dispersants and the oil, and now it is being taken up by the bottom level food chain species together, are you equally confident that the bioaccumulation problem is as minimal as it is for dispersants alone?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Whitehouse raises concerns about bioaccumulation of combined dispersants and oil.

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