Concern for What People Perceived... What Looked Good, more than What Was Good... use of Chemicals & Inipol EAP 22 during Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup

said Eric Jorgensen, an attorney for the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund:

"These are some tough judgment calls," he said. "I think there's a lot of pressure coming from Exxon.

I think there's a lot of pressure coming from perceptions of what the public wants done, what the administration wants done."

People are concerned about making the beaches look their best when they should be focusing on making them function their best," he said.

Scientists have rejected the last, best hope for chemically cleaning Prince William Sound beaches coated with sticky crude oil:

Corexit 9580MS, Scientists decided it didn't make much sense to pour the kerosene-based chemical on Alaska beaches. *

....entrance: Inipol EAP 22 *

Exxon chemists had tinkered with an old chemical dispersant to come up with a new formula for a beach cleaner

Coast Guard Vice Adm. Clyde Robbins, the on-scene coordinator for the spill cleanup

"What in the world are we doing testing this stuff now?" Robbins asks.

Anchorage Daily News, 8-15-89