In 2007, a Cosco Busan cargo ship accident dumped tens of thousands of gallons of tarry ship fuel into the San Francisco Bay, causing lasting damage to the region’s wildlife, reports a study released on Monday, December 27, 2011, by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Herring embryos collected from the Bay’s shorelines were covered in oil as long as three months after the November 2007 leak. While officials worked long and hard to contain the oil spill, many species were unfortunately left permanently harmed.
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