Exxon Valdez (IMAGE)

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Exxon Valdez

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PAH pollutants were blamed for the continuing degradation of the ecosystem off the coast of Alaska. Then a dispute erupted over the origins of these pollutants in science. According to an international team of researchers writing in specialist journal Environmental Science & Technology, the crude oil from the Exxon Valdez 1989 was the main source of the bioavailable PAH contaminants.

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