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Article

18 Aug 2006

Author:
AFP

Philippines warned over sunken tanker 'timebomb'

Greenpeace warned a sunken Philippine oil tanker was a pollution timebomb as oil...washed up blackened fish on pristine beaches...Greenpeace's southeast Asian campaign director Von Hernandez [said], "The longer that tanker stays underwater, the greater the danger,"...Petron Corp...chartered the Solar I [tanker]...The spill has already affected more than 200 kilometers (125 miles) of coastline, covering beaches and mangroves in black sludge and threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of poor fishermen..."No one wants to buy our fish anymore. They tell us it's full of poison," said Hanito Gonzales, 45, as he [added] that many households in the village risked going hungry...The provincial government has said at least 10,000 people in Guimaras have been affected.