anisms; or dissolved or dispersed into microscopic droplets under the water. </p>
<p>That left just 26% of the original spill still present, either in sheen or in weathered tarballs, on the shore or buried in sediment. Though the report was preliminary and came with the necessary caveats, the message from the White House was clearer: the oil was disappearing and receding as a threat. "I think it's important to point out that at least 50% of the oil that was released is now completely gone from the system," 