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Thousands of seabirds may be harmed by oil off UK coast

2013-02-01 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Thousands of seabirds may have been harmed by a pollutant in the waters off the south coast of the UK, conservationists warned on Friday. Tests by the Environment Agency have established that the problem has been caused by some sort of refined mineral oil, not palm oil as had been suspected. It is not known where the substance has come from or exactly what it is, but the number of birds and wide area affected could indicate a spill of oil being transported through the Channel. Hundreds of...

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