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World Service,01 Sep 1989,13 mins

Oil Spill in Mersey Estuary

Network UK

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The consequences of an oil spill after a fracture in a Shell oil refinery underwater pipeline. A look at the rescue operations for birdlife and wildlife in the mudflats and marshes of the Mersey estuary.

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