QUESTIONING OF DETERGENT USE
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 15. The use of detergents to disperse oil from the Wahine may be more harmful than letting the oil float away in its own time.
Dr D. E. Hurley, of the Oceanographic Institute, said tonight the reports from the Torrey Canyon disaster claimed more harm was done by the detergents than by the oil. The Wellington Harbour Board is spraying the slick from the Wahine with detergents from the dredge Kerimoana. Dr Hurley said that in the short term, the detergent was harmful to animal life on the coastline. In the long term it affected marine food. Dr Hurley said detergents could be used in some controlled situations, but if its
use could be avoided, it was best to do so. He believed that the use of inert settling agents such as chalk could be effective, though they also posed problems. Unless there was something in particular to protect on the shore line, it was best to leave the oil, which dispersed faster than was generally appreciated.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31655, 16 April 1968, Page 24
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