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Officials in Trinidad and Tobago have announced that they are now partnering with foreign organizations to help clean up the deadly oil spill off of Tobago, which has leaked oil into the entire area. The wreckage of a barge has been leaking oil for almost two weeks now, and beaches across that side of Tobago are black. The water is a dark, navy blue due to the spill, and their teams have still not been able to plug the leak. Environmentalists are getting more and more worried, as oil spills can lead to skin conditions, reproductive damage, and liver damage in light cases of poisoning in marine life. More severe cases can lead to cancer, chronic diseases, and even death, and oil is extremely hard to clean up once it seeps into the ocean. The government is hiring remotely-controlled vehicles and is working with multiple American organizations, as well as deploying divers to plug the leaks and an underwater oil detection system to find out where they need to clean the water to avoid any further harm to marine life.
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(Albert Einstein)
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