Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Chemical dispersant were used as part of the clean up of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster BECAUSE the dispersants are considered less toxic to marine life than the oil

A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.


C

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