Mourão told reporters about 600 tons of crude had been recovered since the sludge began appearing at the start of September. “The most we can do today is have trained people to collect this oil that is reaching our beaches,” Mourão said, adding that investigations into the source of the contamination continued. Oceanographers and environmental groups have been criticizing the government’s response as slow and ineffective, and many Brazilians are working to clean beaches themselves. In the oil spill, some troops have already been deployed in various locations. Environmental groups say the number of servicemen is insufficient considering that contamination spreads over 1,300 miles of coastline.

Source: thestar October 21, 2019 21:27 UTC