Spill of Opportunity

PBS Frontline Documentary - VHS video

72 miles of beach were sprayed with 230 tons of surfactant (Inipol EAP 22) * Exxon only admits to 25 tons, so how much was it really? "Senior staff biochemist Roger Prince told the conference on in-situ and on-site bioreclamation that along with more traditional forms of oil removal, Exxon spread 50,000 pounds of fertilizer over 74 miles of beach to supplement naturally available nitrogen and phosphorous." Environment Reporter, Vol. 23, No. 51, p3168 (April 16, 1993).
....and 40 tons of granular nitrogen-phosphate fertilizer *

...WHAT A SURFACTANT DOES IS LOOSEN UP THE OLD CRUDE OIL & HELP IT MIX WITH WATER...

IN THE PROCESS IT WOULD EXPOSE WORKERS TO THE EQUIVALENT OF NEW OIL, & ALL ITS HAZARDS,

IN ADDITION TO THE EXPOSURE TO THE HARSH CHEMICALS -lay explanation

Contact * regarding Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Cleanup Workers

March 24, 1989 11:52pm - not reported to Coast Guard for 22 minutes