Cleanup effort underway as the thick petroleum sludge that has been mysteriously washing up on beaches in northeast Brazil reaches popular tourist spot.
Crude oil contaminating the northeastern coast of Brazil has reached the town of Maragogi, one of the region's main tourist beaches, its mayor said on Thursday.
Environmental regulator Ibama reported there are at least 178 locations in nine Brazilian states that have been affected by the oil. In terms of expanse, it is Brazil's largest-ever environmental disaster, according to David Zee, an oceanographer at Rio de Janeiro's state university. The Brazilian Environment Minister, Ricardo Salles, rebuffed the criticism Wednesday and told local press all necessary means had been adopted for the crude's identification and collection.
Authorities' primary hypothesis is that the crude spilled into the water from a boat navigating near Brazil's coast.
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