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Cleaning oil-soaked wetlands may be impossible
Posted: 05.24.2010 at 10:27 AM
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Nesting pelicans are seen landing as oil washes ashore on an island that is home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseated spoonbills in Barataria Bay, just inside the the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, May 22, 2010.  / AP Photo
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The gooey oil washing into the maze of marshes along the Gulf Coast could prove impossible to remove, leaving a toxic stew lethal to fish and wildlife, government officials and independent scientists said.

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