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Nov 12, 2007 - Berkeley, California, USA - A dead duck lays on the shore in Berkeley covered in oil from the Cosco Busan oil spill. Oil coat birds feathers, making it difficult for them to stay warm and eat. In addition to being smothered by oil, aquatic organisms are also exposed to a range of toxic chemicals, including chemicals that are known to cause cancer. The cargo ship Cosco Busan, a Hanjin ship, hit one of the Bay Bridge towers in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday morning Nov. 7, 2007. The ship was damaged and spilled about 58,000 gallons of thick black heavy bunker oil into the bay. According to the US Coast Guard nearly 60 ships and hundreds of people have been helping the clean-up operation. The spill is the largest in the San Francisco Bay area since 10,000 gallons of fuel leaked from a ship undergoing repairs in 1996. - ZUMAw49_ 20071112_cob_w49_155

Nov 12, 2007 - Berkeley, California, USA - A Hanjin ship leaves the Port of Oakland. The cargo ship Cosco Busan, another Hanjin ship, hit one of the Bay Bridge towers in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday morning Nov. 7, 2007. The ship was damaged and spilled about 58,000 gallons of thick black heavy bunker oil into the bay. According to the US Coast Guard nearly 60 ships and hundreds of people have been helping the clean-up operation. The spill is the largest in the San Francisco Bay area since 10,000 gallons of fuel leaked from a ship undergoing repairs in 1996. - ZUMAw49_ 20071112_cob_w49_153

May 04, 2010 - California, U.S. - Oil spill & pollution---Boat in oil-covered waters in SB Harbor following spill in 1969. The Santa Barbara oil spill occurred in 1969 in the Santa Barbara Channel. The source was a January 28, 1969 blow-out on Union Oil s Platform A, six miles offshore, in the Dos Cuadras Offshore Oil Field. Over a 10-day period, an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 barrels 1 of crude oil spilled into the channel and onto the beaches of Santa Barbara County in Southern California, fouling the coastline from Goleta to the Rincon, and all four of the northern Channel Islands. Upward of 10,000 birds were killed in the ecological disaster.JOHN ZANT NEWS-PRESS FILE PHOTO - ZUMAb77_

May 04, 2010 - California, U.S. - Oil spill & pollution---Spreading straw on oil-covered waters in SB Harbor following spill in 1969. The Santa Barbara oil spill occurred in 1969 in the Santa Barbara Channel. The source was a January 28, 1969 blow-out on Union Oil s Platform A, six miles offshore, in the Dos Cuadras Offshore Oil Field. Over a 10-day period, an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 barrels 1 of crude oil spilled into the channel and onto the beaches of Santa Barbara County in Southern California, fouling the coastline from Goleta to the Rincon, and all four of the northern Channel Islands. Upward of 10,000 birds were killed in the ecological disaster.NEWS-PRESS FILE PHOTO - ZUMAb77_