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China's worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported — bigger than the famous Exxon Valdez spill two decades ago — and some of the oil was dumped deliberately to avoid further disaster, an American expert said Friday.[...]
Dalian's mayor already declared a "decisive victory" in the oil spill cleanup, state media reported this week.
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"They've already collected more oil than the official estimate of the spill size," [Rick Steiner, a former University of Alaska marine conservation specialist] told The Associated Press.
He praised the makeshift cleanup efforts: "Very low-tech. The thing is that it worked."
But he said the thousands of cleanup workers face possible health concerns after being told to help out, receiving no protective gear and being coated in crude.
In addition, this year's shellfish harvest has been wiped out, causing tens of millions of dollars of economic losses, he said.
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