An oil spill has contaminated beaches and coastline across eight Brazilian state...
Tar slicks are seen on Boa Viagem beach in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Diego Nigro
Environmental agency Ibama said that beaches along a 3,000-kilometer coastline of Brazil’s Northeast region had been hit by the spill. It said some oil-coated birds and sea turtles had been washed up and were being treated. Although there is extensive oil exploration activity offshore Brazil, authorities have ruled out that as the source of the spill.
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