EDITORIAL - Marine disaster
It’s not an oil spill or slick, according to the Philippine Coast Guard, but merely a “very thin oil sheen” – a film that is normally dispersed using chemical agents. That sheen, however, can still be toxic to marine life. Over the weekend, another province moved to declare a state of calamity over the oil sheen that has been spotted in certain areas of Manila Bay after two vessels sank while another ran aground off Bataan between July 25 and 27.