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Does oil polute water

Updated: 9/21/2023
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Assuming you mean oil as in the petroleum product? yes. Oil spills and oil tanker wrecks are devastating to all forms of sea life that are in their proximity. Oil cleanup from water is possible, but it is difficult, costly, and only somewhat effective at removing pollutants.

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