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Sanchi tanker oil spilli

A Panama-registered Iranian tanker exploded and sank between China’s Zhejiang province and Japan’s Ryukyu Islands following a collision with a Chinese freighter, with its crew of 32 all believed to have been killed.  

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Mark J. Valencia says a slow response would worsen the already considerable environmental impact of the spill, and an agreement over the handling of such disasters should be reached to curtail further ecological damage in the future

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