A dispersion comprising (a) a continuous liquid phase; and (b) a solid phase of epoxypolymer particles dispersed in the continuous liquid phase; where the polymer is formed from monomers that are insoluble in the continuous phase; a chemical agent is present within the polymer particles; and the dispersion is not a Pickering dispersion; and optionally the polymer molecules that form the polymer particles contain hydrophilic groups that hydrate on exposure to water in a manner that renders the particles permeable and that allows the chemical agent to diffuse out, and optionally at least one non-cross-linkable mobile chemical such that the extraction of this chemical from the dispersed phase renders it porous in a manner that allows the chemical agent to diffuse out.
