{"id":661,"date":"2010-06-08T16:27:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T21:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/nanotechnology\/?p=661"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:00:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:00:58","slug":"presto-corexit-dispersant-ingredients-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/2010\/06\/08\/presto-corexit-dispersant-ingredients-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Presto: Corexit\u00ae dispersant ingredients revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Denison, Ph.D.<\/em>, is a Senior Scientist.<\/em><\/p>\n

With no fanfare whatsoever, a list of the ingredients in the Corexit\u00ae dispersants has been posted on EPA\u2019s website<\/a>.\u00a0 I can\u2019t say when the list appeared — I was pointed to it by Elana Schor, a reporter with E&E News<\/strong>, who discovered the list a little earlier today, buried well down on the agency\u2019s dispersants page.<\/p>\n

The components of COREXIT\u00ae 9500 and 9527 are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
CAS Registry Number<\/strong><\/td>\nChemical Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57-55-6<\/td>\n1,2-Propanediol<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111-76-2<\/td>\nEthanol, 2-butoxy-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
577-11-7<\/td>\nButanedioic acid, 2-sulfo-, 1,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl) ester, sodium salt (1:1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1338-43-8<\/td>\nSorbitan, mono-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9005-65-6<\/td>\nSorbitan, mono-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate, poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) derivs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9005-70-3<\/td>\nSorbitan, tri-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate, poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) derivs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29911-28-2<\/td>\n2-Propanol, 1-(2-butoxy-1-methylethoxy)-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64742-47-8<\/td>\nDistillates (petroleum), hydrotreated light<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. With no fanfare whatsoever, a list of the ingredients in the Corexit\u00ae dispersants has been posted on EPA\u2019s website.\u00a0 I can\u2019t say when the list appeared — I was pointed to it by Elana Schor, a reporter with E&E News, who discovered the list a little earlier today, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,56096],"tags":[1061,39155,39204],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy","category-omboira","tag-bp-oil-disaster","tag-cbi","tag-oil-dispersant"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t