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After an oil spill, the ocean would be polluted with toxic oil and will kill sea creatures that are near the spill according to many researchers who have seen dead sea birds covered with toxic oil. If you swim in the ocean after an oil spill, your body can be infected with bacteria from the toxic oil and get diseases from it. In other cases, you could probably lose your life.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoThere's no set time, each spill is different. I've seen a small tanker spill be cleaned up in less than a week. But for the current spill - it is large, and things are changing every day. Health officials will make this determination, and it would be premature to give an estimate. The spill covers many miles, some areas will be more affected than others.
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Can people swim in the ocean where there is an oil spill washing ashore?
yes if you want to die a slow death
How long will it be till you can swim where the oil spill hit?
It will Not be safe to swim in the ocean water off the coast of Louisiana, where the oil is leaking and it will not be safe, until they stop the well from leaking, which may not be for quite a long time. I doubt it it will be safe to swim in that location (in the ocean) until 2011 at the earliest.
How are seals victims of pollution?
pollution=oil spill and an oil spill can pour oil on their fur so they can't swim
What would happen to the ocean food chain if there was a oil spill?
If there was a oil spill the entire ocean ecosystem would be at risk.
What ocean did the oil spill hit?
well....... the oil spill hit the gulf of Mexico
How do you get oil spill in the ocean?
It could spill out of a tanker (Exxon Valdez), it could be from a wrecked oil derrick (BP Gulf Oil Spill).
What is the worst ocean oil spill in known history?
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
What ocean had the oil spill?
The gulf of mexcio
Was there any oil spill in the Pacific Ocean?
Yes, there is. (:
What would be the clean-up costs for an oil spill in water?
It would depend on the extent of the oil spill. If it is a major spill in the ocean then it would cost a bomb.
How come its dangerous for the oil to spill into a body of water?
it can harm
What made the oil spill start?
BP's oil thing exploded in the ocean.
