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| Vendicar Decarian |
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Report Says Valdez Oil Spill Impacts Long-Lasting
Fri Dec 19, 8:19 PM ET
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A study published on Friday in the journal
Science has found the devastating effects on Alaska's waters and beaches
from 1989's Exxon Valdez oil spill lasted far longer and are far worse than
first suspected.
When the Valdez supertanker slammed into a reef and started pouring 11
million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound, scientists
knew thousands of birds and sea mammals would die quickly. But they
predicted the environment would recover as soon as the oil weathered and
dissipated.
Instead, sea life suffered for years, because even tiny patches of remnant
oil lowered survival, slowed reproduction and stunted growth. Lingering oil
has created cascading problems for fish, birds and marine mammals, according
to the new study.
"Everything wasn't all right in July 1989, and it wasn't all right for a
number of organisms years after that," Charles Peterson, a University of
North Carolina professor and the report's principal investigator, told
Reuters.
An important lesson of the spill, the authors said, is that environmental
regulations must consider more than immediate, acute effects of oil
exposure. That may mean stricter water-quality standards or tougher rules on
limiting water pollution created by storm drainage, they said.
The report combined government studies about the oil spill with problems
seen in sea otters, harlequin ducks, juvenile salmon and shellfish. Patches
of oil that persist on some beaches release enough hydrocarbons to cause
chronic problems that, for some species, continue even today, said the
authors.
OIL EFFECTS REMAIN
"It will still take time. Some mussel beds will probably take 10 years
more," said co-author Stanley Rice of the National Marine Fisheries Service
laboratory in Juneau.
Valdez oil was still embedded in Prince William Sound beaches this summer,
Rice told Reuters.
"The oil is oozing into holes," said Rice, who led a team that dug about
1,000 pits in beaches this summer. "There, the oil is like it was, say, two
or three weeks after the spill."
Sea otters digging in sand for food are gradually removing that oil, he
said. In doing so, they are exposed to the oil and all its ill effects, he
said.
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| John |
| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 10:50 am |
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"Vendicar Decarian" <VD@Pyro.net> wrote in message
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Quote: Report Says Valdez Oil Spill Impacts Long-Lasting
Fri Dec 19, 8:19 PM ET
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A study published on Friday in the journal
Science has found the devastating effects on Alaska's waters and beaches
from 1989's Exxon Valdez oil spill lasted far longer and are far worse
than
first suspected.
Just pretend it was an underwater volcano exploding and you will 'feel' all
better.
John
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| Thomas Palm |
| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:19 am |
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"John" <John@nospam.com> wrote in
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"Vendicar Decarian" <VD@Pyro.net> wrote in message
news:XLZEb.37678$8Y4.426913@read2.cgocable.net...
Report Says Valdez Oil Spill Impacts Long-Lasting
Fri Dec 19, 8:19 PM ET
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A study published on Friday in the
journal Science has found the devastating effects on Alaska's waters
and beaches from 1989's Exxon Valdez oil spill lasted far longer and
are far worse
than
first suspected.
Just pretend it was an underwater volcano exploding and you will
'feel' all better.
Just pretend nothing like that could ever happen near where you live and
you will feel much better, at least until it does. |
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| John |
| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:29 am |
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"Thomas Palm" <Thomas.Palm@chello.removethis.se> wrote in message
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Quote: "John" <John@nospam.com> wrote in
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"Vendicar Decarian" <VD@Pyro.net> wrote in message
news:XLZEb.37678$8Y4.426913@read2.cgocable.net...
Report Says Valdez Oil Spill Impacts Long-Lasting
Fri Dec 19, 8:19 PM ET
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A study published on Friday in the
journal Science has found the devastating effects on Alaska's waters
and beaches from 1989's Exxon Valdez oil spill lasted far longer and
are far worse
than
first suspected.
Just pretend it was an underwater volcano exploding and you will
'feel' all better.
Just pretend nothing like that could ever happen near where you live and
you will feel much better, at least until it does.
Ok... I will ...just as soon as you sell your car and buy a bicycle. Until
then I will just keep my fingers crossed... :)
John |
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| Thomas Palm |
| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:53 am |
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"John" <John@nospam.com> wrote in
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Quote: "Thomas Palm" <Thomas.Palm@chello.removethis.se> wrote in message
Just pretend nothing like that could ever happen near where you live
and you will feel much better, at least until it does.
Ok... I will ...just as soon as you sell your car and buy a bicycle.
Until then I will just keep my fingers crossed... 
I already have a bicycle and no car. |
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| John |
| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:56 am |
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"Thomas Palm" <Thomas.Palm@chello.removethis.se> wrote in message
news:Xns9457B5EDDE965ThomasPalmchellose@212.83.64.229...
Quote: "John" <John@nospam.com> wrote in
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"Thomas Palm" <Thomas.Palm@chello.removethis.se> wrote in message
Just pretend nothing like that could ever happen near where you live
and you will feel much better, at least until it does.
Ok... I will ...just as soon as you sell your car and buy a bicycle.
Until then I will just keep my fingers crossed... :)
I already have a bicycle and no car.
Then you are a very 'good' boy. Now... sell your computer... you're wasting
electricity... :)
John |
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