Ghana has dismissed accusations that
oil operations could have caused the deaths of several whales washed up on
beaches over the past week, a local environmental group said that the whales
had only started to appear since oil production began in 2009.
The Friends of the Nation group
called for a full enquiry into the deaths, oil firms refused to comment but the
Environment Protection Agency said there were no links between the oil industry
and the beached whales, it noted that such incidents occur around the world,
not just in Ghana.
The EPA also said it was groundless
to say that most dead whales and other marine species were found near oil rigs,
iIt said it was not clear what had caused the deaths which were a matter
"of much concern" to the agency.
source bbc
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