Oil spills not only pose harm to the environment, but also affect the health of persons exposed to them.
This is not the first oil spill in the country. What were major spills in the past and what were the responses to them?after hitting a breakwater, or a wall that absorbs big waves, in Manila Bay.
Approximately 85 tonnes of bunker fuel leaked into the bay. The Philippine Coast Guard led efforts to clean up the spill using chemical dispersants. Cavite oil spill An oil pipeline in Carmona, Cavite burst, affecting a six-kilometer stretch of the Carmona River, which threatened to spill over into Laguna Bay.
What was named the National Disaster Coordinating Council then made use of oil spill containment booms, or barriers that slow down and contain oil spills, to block the flow towards the bay.
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