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12.10.2007 9:02 AM

Thousands Volunteer to Clean Korea Oil Spill

Huge Impact from S. Korea's Largest Spill

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By Dan Shapley

Thousands of volunteers are helping officials clean up South Korea's largest ever oil spill, but the crude oil slick is taking a huge toll on wildlife. Many fish farms are also ruined, according to the New Zealand Herald.

The 66,000-barrel spill is about one third the size of the Exxon Valdez spill, and is the largest the world has seen in nearly five years.


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