Post by Administrator on Mar 18, 2022 23:25:40 GMT
How Britain's worst-ever oil spill polluted MILES of the Cornish coast: Torrey Canyon ship ran aground on this day 55 years ago, leaking 100,000 tonnes into the sea – and the recovered oil dumped into a Guernsey quarry still does damage today.
Exactly 55 years ago, the supertanker ran aground on rocks between the Scilly Isles and Cornwall.
What was and still is Britain's worst ever oil spill killed more than 15,000 sea birds in both the UK and France
In an effort to try to reduce the size of the spill by burning off the oil, the RAF haphazardly bombed the wreck
In the bungled clean-up operation, a 'detergent' chemical called BP 1002 was sprayed over affected areas
This killed all marine life that it came into contact with and it took up to 15 years for treated areas to recover
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Exactly 55 years ago, the supertanker ran aground on rocks between the Scilly Isles and Cornwall.
What was and still is Britain's worst ever oil spill killed more than 15,000 sea birds in both the UK and France
In an effort to try to reduce the size of the spill by burning off the oil, the RAF haphazardly bombed the wreck
In the bungled clean-up operation, a 'detergent' chemical called BP 1002 was sprayed over affected areas
This killed all marine life that it came into contact with and it took up to 15 years for treated areas to recover
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