Exxon Valdez oil persists in Prince William Sound

Seventeen years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, new evidence suggests that remnants of the worst oil spill in US history are farther into tidal waters than previously thought, increasing the probability that the oil is causing unanticipated long-term harm to wildlife.

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