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October 6, 2008

Half-Million Gallons of Spilled Crude Oil Among Ike’s Environmental Damage
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Back in the United States, a new analysis of the environmental toll from
Hurricane Ike says at least a half-million gallons of crude oil spilled
into the Gulf of Mexico and other areas of Louisiana and Texas.
According to the Associated Press, nearly 1,500 polluted sites have yet
to be cleaned up.



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