Caller’s Oil Spill Advice Is No Soap
If dish-washing liquid cuts grease in the kitchen sink, why not use it to disperse the oil in Prince William Sound?
A California woman used that reasoning when she called Gov. Steve Cowper’s office last week to suggest using her favorite brand of dish-washing liquid to disperse the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
“Her comment was that she uses this stuff every day and it worked just great,” said Stacey Seitz, a secretary in Cowper’s office.
The unsolicited suggestion was just one of dozens the governor’s office has received in the week since the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in the sound.
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