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