Ya Wanna Bet This Is The Oil From The Gulf Of America....Magically oil and tar balls appear in India from a MYSTERIOUS SHIP...was that ship named USS America???. Give me a fucking break. All of that captured oil in the Gulf of Mexico has been carried over to India and dumped near their shores. This same dumping of toxic products in the waters off of shores of other nations is why the Somalis began boarding ships. America and Europe were both dumping their toxic waste off the shores of Somalia, Kenya etc etc and it was washing up onto their beaches, poisoning the sea life and killing their fishing industry which they are so dependent on. The media reported this worldwide right after the Tsunami that hit Thailand India and Africa.. Soon thereafter nothing more was said, but the dumping continued. Now there are MYSTERIOUS SHIPS which the news knows dumped oil, but somehow they don't know to which country or company the ship(s) belongs...yeah right. You can not even piss in the ocean today without someone knowing about it....
Tar balls coat Indian beaches after ship dumps oilAP
In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, a couple hugs each other surrounded by lumps of oil on Colva beach in Goa, India. Indian navy and coast gu AP – In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, a couple hugs each other surrounded by lumps of oil on Colva …
By MAYABHUSHAN NAGVENKAR, Associated Press Writer Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, Associated Press Writer – Wed Sep 1, 6:24 am ET
PANAJI, India – Wave after wave of tar balls floated ashore Wednesday on the renowned Goa beaches after a ship dumped tons of waste oil off India's western coast, officials said.
Semisolid lumps of oil formed layers up to six inches deep (15 centimeters deep) on beaches in the popular tourist destination. Scores of civic workers used brooms to collect and clear the oily debris, but still more tar balls were washing ashore about three days after officials believe a ship dumped burnt oil at sea.
Indian navy and coast guard vessels were trying to trace the ship, said Aleixo Sequeira, the state's environment minister. He declined to say what action would be taken when the vessel is found.
Ships regularly clean their fuel tanks and discharge the waste oil at sea, but this case involved careless dumping that exceeded all proportions, say scientists at India's National Institute of Oceanography, located in Goa.
"Crude oil mixes with water to form an emulsion that looks like chocolate pudding. Winds and waves continue to stretch and tear the oil patches into smaller pieces, or tar balls," said S. R. Shetye, who heads the institute.
Popular beaches such as Colva, Candolim and Calangute were badly hit. The beaches are not closed, but few visitors are there since tourism season begins in October.
Goa's tourism industry is worried that news of the pollution could put off visitors to one of the most sought after and cheap beach destinations in India. Nearly 2.5 million tourists visit annually, including half a million foreigners, mostly from the U.K., Israel and Russia.
"This should not have happened. It will not be good for tourism in Goa," said Gaurish Dhond, president of the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa.
The tourist season in Goa lasts until March.
