The Effects Of The Oil Spill
Oil came ashore along 200 kilometres of coastline, with the worst hit areas within the Milford Haven waterway and along the south Pembrokeshire coast. Estimates suggested that about 6% of the total oil spill came ashore, that about 40% of the oil – including many of the components that are toxic to marine life – evaporated rapidly after release, and about 52% of the oil dispersed in the seawater, due to natural mixing and the use of chemical dispersants sprayed onto the oil from aircraft. The remaining 2% of the oil was left floating on the sea surface and this was collected and taken away.
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