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Hong Kong closes 13 beaches as stinking, congealed palm oil washes ashore [1]

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has closed more than a dozen beaches after a palm oil spill washed foul-smelling, Styrofoam-like clumps ashore, the latest major environmental disaster to blight the

Publication Date: 
08/08/2017
Reuters [2]
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Water Pollution [3], Palm Oil [4], Hong Kong [5], Marine Pollution [6], Environment [7]
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