"EPA Chief Calls for More Authority Over Dispersants"

"U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson [Thursday] urged Congress to take up legislation strengthening her agency's authority over oil dispersants in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico gusher, calling for more testing and disclosure of the chemical ingredients in the controversial spill-fighting products.

Jackson said EPA is evaluating a draft dispersant bill that Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) plans to introduce next week, a measure expected to focus on ingredient reporting and monitoring of the chemicals' long-term effects on human and marine health."

Elana Schor reports for Greenwire July 15, 2010.