Big oil spills do less long-term damage than once thoughtInternational scientific conference says the long-accepted idea that it takes the environment decades to recover from large oil spills is not borne out by scientific findings from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill Hal Spencer Associated Press Writer
Ecosystems damaged by three massive oil spills in the past decade including the Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound have made relatively rapid recovery, government and industry scientists said.
That contention, made at the 1999 International Oil Spill Conference, drew heated reaction fro....
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Science, advocacy dont mix Panelists included non-industry scientists Recovery complete in four to five years
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