ill . ▁ ▁These ▁dispers ants ▁were ▁considered ▁a ▁viol ation ▁of ▁environmental ▁standards ▁in ▁the ▁oil ▁industry . ▁Rev . ▁Samuel ▁Ay adi , ▁Ak wa ▁Ib om ▁State ▁Chapter ▁Chair man ▁of ▁Art isan ▁Fish erm en ▁Association ▁of ▁Niger ia ▁( AR F AN ), ▁said ▁that ▁Ex x on M obil ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁habit ▁of ▁using ▁dangerous ▁chemical ▁dispers ants ▁which ▁are ▁scientific ally ▁proven ▁to ▁be ▁to xic ▁to ▁human ▁and ▁aqu atic ▁life ▁to ▁clean ▁up ▁oil ▁sp ills ▁whenever ▁they ▁occur . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁dispers ants ▁were ▁even ▁more ▁dangerous ▁than ▁cru de ▁oil ▁because ▁it ▁breaks ▁down ▁the ▁cru de ▁oil ▁and ▁s inks ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁sea ▁bed ▁where ▁it ▁k ills ▁fish ▁eggs ▁and ▁finger lings ▁thereby ▁w ip ing ▁out ▁gener ations ▁of ▁fish ▁stock ▁and ▁other ▁sea ▁food ▁and ▁marine ▁cre atures ▁that ▁make ▁up ▁the ▁food ▁chain . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁Following ▁the ▁May ▁ 1 ▁sp ill , ▁protest s ▁by ▁women ▁and ▁youth ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁areas ▁dis rupted ▁oil ▁production ▁at ▁M obil ▁facilities ▁for ▁two ▁days , ▁with ▁reports ▁of ▁soldiers ▁be ating ▁protest ors , ▁including ▁one ▁woman ▁who ▁suffered ▁a ▁broken ▁leg . ▁Those ▁protest s ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁May ▁ 2 0 ▁meeting ▁with ▁st ake hold ers ▁from ▁the ▁Ak wa ▁Ib om ▁State ▁Government , ▁M obil , ▁and ▁core ▁host ▁communities . ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁topics ▁raised ▁was ▁“ the ▁issue ▁of ▁the ▁oil