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Can just look up above you and see a film of dispersed oil and as philippe says that's very concerning to him as an environmentalist. he says the dispersed oil, just oil in general is toxic to fish eggs and larvae. >> yes. >> reporter: a quantity of about 1 part per billion, don that equ equals one drop of oil in a swimming pool and millions of them in front of our faces. >> no one knows what it's doing to the gulf of mexico, we won't know for weeks, possibly months when they do more testing on the water and the ecosystem when it regenerate. it wasn't yupsjust a neopreen s. this was a dangerou...

See what was going on down there, and that's why we went about 48 miles from the deepwater horizon spill. we dove down into the gulf about 25 feet down, we brought a crew of experts with us, as fredricka was mentioning earlier. one of those was environmentalist philippe cousteau. he was concerned about the millions of tiny oil droplets we were seeing in the water column. he says that oil's toxic to fish eggs and larvae in the parts per billion levels. put this into perspective, parts per billion levels is equivalent to one drop of oil in something the size of a swimming pool. we also brought a...

Of booms. booms are used based on the fact that oil and water don't mix. the dispersant dissolves the oil so it pollutes all the water. it's under the surface, it's still oil. it's still as toxic. the dispersant makes it more available to things like plankton, fish eggs, fish larvae, it itself is toxic. >> making the case, carl. and that is just getting you started. we're going to take a quick break. wanted our viewers to have an idea why we brought carl in. he's going to explain further after the break what he thinks about these dis dispersants and booms, why he thinks it and why. that's all ...

Difference between the hot oil and the colder water is creating density gradients so these dispersants aren't necessarily going to sink, they're going to travel in the oil column. when i hear b.p. say low toxici toxicity, this is not what the data sheets are really showing, it's not a very realistic picture. and what about the fish eggs that are in the water column now? for the crab eggs, for the oyster larvae. >> but this is a method that's getting endorsement by the epa? >> reporter: the epa only has to require these very old tests. so we have regulatory capture going on here where just beca...

Documentary about prudence this week on hbo. it's called "music by prudence" that debut ons may 12th. in the oil explosion in the gulf of mexico, could cost bp upwards of $3 billion. the cost of the fish and shell fish in the gulf, that's not yet known. the government has banned fishing in the water stretching from eastern louisiana to the florida panhandle. that ban will be resaesd in the next several days. experts think that fish eggs, shrimp, coral, oysters are potentially the most at risk. most of the oil is fleeting above the shell fish. as it is dispersed, it could make it more difficu...