You know that environmental pollution; It continues to be a problem that grows exponentially day by day due to the increasing consumption increase, industrialization and population growth. Unfortunately, the efforts of non-governmental organizations and associations working to protect the environment are also sufficient to a certain extent. The biggest task for us is to start by protecting our own environment.
Air, water and soil pollution is one of our global environmental problems. Biodiversity is decreasing day by day, the ozone layer is being damaged, and the seas and oceans are getting polluted. A plastic bag thrown into the nature is completely dissolved and mixed with nature after 1000 years. The situation is not so bright for other discarded plastic products. Sometimes, environmental pollution can occur with undesirable accidents like the one in Peru recently.
In the accident on the coast of Peru, 11,900 barrels of oil were extracted from the sea.
A volcanic eruption took place thousands of kilometers off the coast of Peru. At the time of the explosion, the oil tanker Mare Doricum was unloading oil at a refinery in a port just off the coast of Peru. The tsunami experienced by the violence of the explosion caused the tanker, which was discharging oil, to overturn.
The accident caused by the explosion caused the oil spill to double. Four executives of the Spanish oil company Repsol, which caused the oil spill immediately after the accident, were asked to be banned from leaving the country for 18 months.
Peruvian Environment Minister Ruben Ramirez said in a statement after the accident that 6,000 barrels were reported previously, but the current number is 11,900. Repsol, on the other hand, acknowledged that the figure was higher than before, but did not confirm the number given by the minister.
An ecological disaster!
Prosecutors investigating the accident announced that the oil slick was dragged about 140 kilometers by the ocean currents of the refinery. The oil spill caused the death of large numbers of fish and seabirds. Hundreds of local fishermen were unable to use their boats due to the leak.
The Peruvian government is demanding $34.5 million in compensation from the company.
The ban on the departure of the four executives of Repsol company from the country was accepted by the court. Repsol company, which is on trial for the crime of ‘pollution at the expense of the state’, faces a fine of 34.5 million dollars. Protests were held in the country against the oil company.
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