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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Electronic Lebonan: Environmentalists urge quicker clean-up as oil-spill again threatens sea

Oil contamination is the worst kind of contamination there is. It can stay in the ground forever if it goos untreated..... 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes of oil sends shiver down my spine:

Black slime coats beaches and oozes into rock pools in northern Lebanon, nine months after an oil spill led to international pledges to clean that stretch of coast. Oil clings to beach after beach north of Byblos, an ancient fishing port that is one of Lebanon's main tourist attractions.
Israel bombed an oil refinery in Jiyyeh, south of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, during its conflict with the armed wing of Lebanese political party Hezbollah last July. The bombing caused the refinery to spew an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes of fuel oil into the Mediterranean Sea. It was Lebanon's worst environmental disaster, say environmentalists. Read on

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