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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Greek Oil Spill Spreads Leading To Beach Closures And Concerns For Marine Life

An emergency campaign is currently being conducted to clean up an oil spill caused by a sunken tanker affecting popular beaches and bays in Athens’ Argo-Saronic gulf, according to The Guardian. Officials are describing the spill as an ecological disaster after thick tar and oil pollution moved towards the residential coastal regions, the report said. Mayors in suburbs south of Athens were forced to close beaches on Thursday because of health risks — four days after the 45-year-old Agia Zoni II sank off Salamína Island, the report said. “This is a major environmental disaster,” said the mayor of Salamína, Isidora Nannou-Papathanassiou. “Clearly the danger [of pollution] was not properly...


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