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Natural Oil Seepage to Blame for Recent Oil-Afflicted Beaches in Central/Northern California

The goo and tar that has washed up on beaches from Pacifica to Monterey this week is seepage from the ocean floor... Speculation that the tar came from the Cosco Busan was prompted in part by the fact that more than 60 percent of the oil that spilled from the ship... was never recovered." - excerpt from this San Francisco Chronicle article.

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