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Torrey Canyon oil spill
environmental disaster, off the coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom [1967]
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history of oil spills
- In oil spill: Largest oil-tanker spills in history
…in European waters were the Torrey Canyon disaster off Cornwall, England, in 1967 (119,000 metric tons of crude oil were spilled) and the Amoco Cadiz disaster off Brittany, France, in 1978 (223,000 metric tons of crude oil and ship fuel were spilled). Both events led to lasting changes in the…
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tankers
- In tanker
…the 1967 grounding of the Torrey Canyon off Cornwall, England, the 1978 breakup of the Amoco Cadiz off Britanny, France, and the 1989 grounding of the Exxon Valdez off Alaska, U.S. The oil spills from these vessels caused great damage, and political reaction led to strict rules on the construction…
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