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Hurricane Dorian Oil Spill Has Reached Freshwater Resources in the Bahamas

Nearly 5 million gallons of oil spilled from a Bahamas facility in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. And now advocates have found evidence that the oil from the facility has made its way into nearby wetlands, pine forests, and mangroves.

The Category 5 storm hit Grand Bahama and Abacos Islands last month, home to an Equinor oil facility. The company is still cleaning up the mess left behind at its South Riding Point facility in High Rock, which hugs the southern coast of Grand Bahama. Unfortunately, Equinor’s 250-people crew hasn’t been able to work quickly enough to keep oil from seeping into the environment.

Organizers with Waterkeepers Bahamas and Save the Bays took five samples within a mile of the facility on September 23 and 25. They also took two control samples in unaffected areas. Comparing the samples, they found levels of petroleum constituents that were “well beyond what is naturally occurring,” Christian Breen, a field investigator for Waterkeeper Alliance, said in an emailed statement.

Read more at Gizmodo

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