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Published online 14 November 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021111-10
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Tanker spills oil on Spanish coast
Rare birds and plants threatened by growing slick.
A tanker carrying 77,000 tonnes of fuel oil is threatening to spill its cargo onto one of Spain's most ecologically important coastlines. Tougher European laws might have averted the impending disaster, says a local ecologist.
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