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Lebanese Oil Spill Comparable to Exxon Valdez Disaster

HeadlineAug 01, 2006

The United Nations Environment Program is expressing “grave concern” over a massive oil spill off the Lebanese coast in the Mediterranean Sea. The spill occurred when Israel bombed a Lebanese power station. Scientists say that almost as much oil may has entered the water as during the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker incident in Alaska. The oil spill now covers 50 miles of the Lebanese coast.

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