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Keywords
Accidents
Beaches
Boats
Cleaning
Climate (campaign title)
Copy space
Day
Dirty
Disasters
Fishers
KWCI (GPI)
Oil (fossil fuel)
Oil pipelines
Oil spills
Oiled beaches
Outdoors
Toxics (campaign title)
Urban areas
Water
Water pollution
Clean-up of Oil Spill in Dalian
Local fishermen shovel out oil from the ocean at Nantuo fishing village, Dalian. The fishermen say that no one told them that they need safety equipment or any form of protection, including face masks. Greenpeace strongly urges the government to send professional clean-up staff with safety equipment to work on the oil spill, which was caused by a blast in a pipeline.
Unique identifier:
GP024T6
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
22/07/2010
Locations:
Asia
,
Bohai Sea
,
China
,
Dalian
,
East Asia
,
Liaoning
Credit line:
© Lu Guang / Greenpeace
Size:
5616px × 3744px 12MB
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
Containers
Shoot:
Dalian Oil Spill Accident
Documentation of the oil-spill in the port of Dalian. Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea off a busy northeastern port after a pipeline exploded, sparking a massive 15-hour fire. The spill causes severe threats to coastal waters, ecosystems and local communities. Greenpeace investigation in Dalian has found a dangerous disregard for health and safety in the oil spill’s clean-up effort, as well as the nearby seafood farms and beaches. Due to the lack of warning signs, many visitors were still playing with their children in the oil-contaminated water. Crude oil contains significant quantities of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other dangerous chemicals that do not readily dissolve in water. Some of these are carcinogens and can persist in the environment. Hydrocarbons can be absorbed by the human body via inhalation, ingestion or through direct contact with skin. Greenpeace strongly urges the government to send professional clean-up staff with safety equipment to work on the oil spill. At the same time, the government must immediately place prominent signs on the beaches to warn visitors to keep away from oil-contaminated waters.
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