Photo: #Out of work fishermen hired by BP PLC and crew boat workers lay oil booms in preparation for the looming oil spill from the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig at Elephant Pass, in a tributary of the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana Sunday, May 2, 2010.
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Out of work fishermen hired by BP PLC and crew boat workers lay oil booms in preparation for the looming oil spill from the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig at Elephant Pass, in a tributary of the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana Sunday, May 2, 2010. (Gerald Herbert/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Technologies for oil spill cleanup

Broadcast: Midmorning, 05/03/2010, 9:45 a.m.

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Experts are throwing everything they've got at the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico to mitigate the spread of oil to the gulf coast including: dispersants, skimmers, and booms. Midmorning discusses the technology behind oil cleanup and whether it will make a dent in this environmental disaster.

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  • Michael Bruno: Dean of Engineering & Science at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey.

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