Clean-up on Brazil beaches amid oil spill mystery

Brazil environment: Clean-up on beaches affected by oil spill

Thousands of people have taken part in a huge clean-up operation to remove oil and tar from beaches alongVolunteers, as well as government workers, used wheelbarrows, spades and plastic gloves to remove the thick tar from the sand and water.Experts say this could be the worst disaster for the region's coral reefs.

At least 15 sea turtles, two seabirds and one fish have been found dead, the environmental agency Ibama said.A net was placed under this bridge to try to block oil from reaching a river at the Imbassaí beach in BahiaA volunteer cleans oil from rocks at the Pedra do Sal beach in Salvador, the capital of Bahia state

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