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Alternative whereas when you look at risk reward i'm not really sure what they are seeing the reward is from doing this -- the so-called static kill. >> let me ask you about the toxicity here. we heard some claims about the chemicals that's in this drilling mud and cement they are toxic to marine animals. especially of concern are the dispersants used since this oil started leaking. lisa myers, nbc investigative reporter reviewed some 400 study from 1997 showed 75% found that the combination of oil and dispersants increased the toxic effects of oil. how would you rate how the government and bp...

Operation -- it can't begin until we get the casing run and cemented in the relief well and that's ongoing as we speak. once that's finished, we'll be ready to do the static kill. the current forecast it looks like is tuesday right now. [ inaudible question ] >> can you guarantee them there's not any environmental effects from the dispersants? >> well, you know, the use of dispersants, it's been a really important tool in the fight but clearly it's created a lot of concern as well. ourselves, epa and others have been taking samples in the water column. it's part of the protocols when we use th...

Blown-out oil well off the coast of louisiana. they're going in for the kill we'd like to say. >> yes. >> starting either tomorrow or tuesday. >> yes, this is the static kill. two different kills we need to do, the static kill that's going to essentially have them go down and start pumping a lot of this mud into a certain area of the well. the bottom kill is the one you've been hearing about that has to do with the relief well that's being drilled, this is the actual permanent solution. however, with the static kill that's happening in the next couple of days, that success will help them bette...

Of dispersant by about 70% or so and he does believe that the dispersant has helped keep the oil off the shoreline and that they have used, quote, his words, the appropriate amount. he also talked about oil. there has been some discussion as to whether or not the oil is even still out there. he says that they haven't received any indication of anything in quantities below the surface, which has been a concern. they're looking for it, he said, but haven't seen much. related to the static kill, which is the kill that will finally put this well to bed, it is scheduled for tuesday, as he said. the...

Clean. there's still oil on the water to pick up. i just stress we're going to be here doing that until the job is completely done. once that's done, we've got to focus on the restoration activities. we're going to be here a very, very long time. i know people are worried about that, will we pack up and go around the answer is clearly no, we're not going to do that. offshore we continue to make progress. we're running the casing in the relief well just now. we'll be cementing that casing later on tonight and into tomorrow. we've got the equipment all hooked up to perform the static kill. and o...