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Oil pollution saturates Gulf coast waters
USF scientists report the Gulf of Mexico is among the most polluted large waters with oil, ranking only behind the Mediterranean and Sargasso Seas. They found most pollution comes from ships bilge and ballast discharges, not the Ixtoc spill, and tar balls could drift toward southeast Florida beaches.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
University of South Florida
Edward S. van Vleet
University
Mediterranean Sea
Sargasso Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf
van Vleet
William M. Sackett
State Department of Natural Resources
Ixtoc
Mexico
Florida Strait