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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Massive Philippines oil spill raises health fears - Yahoo! News
  • Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:02:55 -0400


<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/philippinesenvironment>
Massive Philippines oil spill raises health fears

by Joel Nito Thu Aug 24, 1:25 PM ET

NUEVA VALENCIA, Philippines (AFP) - Hundreds of people have fallen sick and one man has died in central Philippines following the country's worst ever oil spill, health officials said.
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The sunken ship has discharged more than 50,000 gallons of industrial oil
into pristine waters.
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The tanker, said to be resting on the seabed with 450,000 gallons still in its hold, has been described an ecological time bomb by environmentalists.
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Oil has contaminated more than 300 kilometers (200 miles) of coastline on Guimaras and is now threatening Negros island, the country's fourth-largest, and Panay island. Oil has also destroyed 454 hectares (1,120 acres) of mangroves and 58 hectares of seaweed farms.

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Those 58 acres were probably used to produce culinary seaweed varieties
along with possibly seaweed used in food processing (agar-agar) and for
fertilizer (kelp). What a loss. - LL




  • [permaculture] Massive Philippines oil spill raises health fears - Yahoo! News, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 08/25/2006

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