Wash, rinse, repeat
Posted at 10:56 AM on June 1, 2010
by Bob Collins
Filed under: Disasters
The Gulf oil spill's joint information center has released this Coast Guard video of a pelican being washed of oil -- part of the "modest" environmental damage (as BP's CEO predicted a week or so ago).
Unclear is how many times the pelican will be back for more cleaning.
And this new video from the Louisiana Department of Fisheries and Wildlife explains why it's like to get worse.
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