After 3 separate oil spills from the same company inside a month, Rayong officials say the Mae Ramphueng beach remains to be unsafe. Health officials examined urine samples of officials who needed to collect the oil. Out of 534 officers, three confirmed unsafe ranges of risky compounds. 18 different officers still await their outcomes.
Effortless mentioned yesterday that the concentration of heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons on the seaside is still considered unsafe.
The company responsible, Star Petroleum Refining, has vowed to seal leaks in their underwater pipeline. The company began the clean up yesterday after getting approval from the provincial police and marine departments. It mentioned it will finish in 11 days. An engineering team from Japan can also be serving to clean underneath the command of the marine division.
forty eight local fishery groups have petitioned to be compensated for the leaks, because the leaks pressured all beach and fishing actions to be suspended.
The Marine and Coastal Services Resources Research Centre mentioned it did not discover any oil film within the ocean water from Mae Ramphueng to the underside of the Gulf of Thailand. But the director-general of the Department of Marine and Coastal Services stated clusters of tar balls were seen from one pier, to the underside of the Gulf..