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MANILA, Philippines — No traces of oil and chemical substances had been present in samples of fish and shellfish in seven areas surrounding Manila Bay even after the gas spillage brought on by a sunken motor tanker.
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Sources (BFAR) mentioned that as of Monday, August 12, all fish samples from Navotas, Manila, Parañaque, and Las Piñas, Bataan, Bulacan, and Pampanga are free from oil and grease contamination.
Additionally as of August 9, fish samples from Batangas, notably within the areas Nasugbu, Lian, and Calatagan, performed confirmed that every one samples had been adverse for traces of oil and grease.
“Primarily based on the acknowledged outcomes, the general public is due to this fact knowledgeable that fish from Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Batangas, and Metro Manila (Navotas, Parañaque, and Las Piñas) are secure for human consumption,” the BFAR mentioned in a press release on Tuesday.
Then again, fish and shellfish collected in Cavite “are nonetheless not secure for human consumption primarily based on sensory analysis.”
Final July 25, MT Terranova, carrying 1.4 million liters of business gas oil, capsized and finally submerged off Bataan, killing a crew member.
The spillage unfold as much as the coasts of Manila and close by provinces.
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The Philippine Coast Guard on Tuesday started the preliminary siphoning course of for the economic gas oil within the sunken motor tanker.
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