[sloop]

...capable of transforming oil hydrocarbons into a safe bi-product of carbon dioxide and water.

and there you have it - libtards and our scotus have determined that carbon dioxide is more toxic than oil

[Ingtar]

What it mostly is doing is keeping the oil submerged, where it cannot be collected, and so that it travels and scatters so that when it does still come to the surface, it impacts a broader area. Without the chemical, they could have built a boom to contain it and allow collection.