Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100804:18:03:00
The oil that has been completely degraded isn't because when it is biodegraded, it ends up being water and carbon dioxide. if it has been biodegraded, if it's gone, then it's not a threat. oil that is in microscopic droplets that is still there may be toxic to any of the small creatures under the water that are encountered -- that it encounters. and even in very small droplets, it is -- can be toxic. we do remain concerned and are actively studying the overall impact that both the oil at the surface and the oil subsurface has had on the entire eco system of the gulf. the oil that is beneath th...