Factoid/2003/11/07
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The Prestige Oil Spill Disaster Continues Today
- "The disaster continues today. Between 5,000 and 10,000 tons of oil are still drifting in the Atlantic and periodically ending up at various points along the coast. In addition, there are still 13,000 tons of fuel oil in the tanks of the (sunken) Prestige." - excerpt from recently published report from the environmental group WWF. Also read the Environmental News Network article at http://www.enn.com/news/2003-11-07/s_10208.asp which quotes the WWF report and also states, "Officials say the Prestige released 63,000 tons of oil, almost twice the size of the Exxon Valdez spill which ravaged Alaska's coast in 1989."
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