Oil leak update

It will be early next week before BP attempts to use heavy mud to stem the flow of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. The method, called "top kill," involves pumping heavy drilling mud into the well. The well has been gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico since the rig exploded April 20, killing 11 workers. In other oil-related events: booms filled with hair will not be used to keep oil from the shoreline because they get water soaked and sink; BP says it has no alternative dispersant to use after the EPA told it to find a less toxic dispersant; BP, after agreeing more oil is seeping into the water than reported, now says the higher estimates don't take into account the gas that's mixed in with the oil. (Source: Multiple, 05/22/10)