{"id":10019,"date":"2019-09-28T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T10:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=10019"},"modified":"2019-09-28T15:30:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T10:30:27","slug":"mysterious-oil-spill-hits-dozens-of-brazil-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/10019","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious Oil Spill Hits Dozens of Brazil Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian officials are investigating the source of a vast oil spill that has hit dozens of beaches along the country&#8217;s north-eastern coast.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis showed the oil found was of a type not produced in Brazil, according to the environmental agency Ibama<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence that fish and shellfish have been contaminated but at least six sea turtles and a seabird have been found dead.<\/p>\n<p>A clean-up operation is under way in the areas affected.<\/p>\n<p>The spill, first detected on 2 September, spans over 1,500km (932 miles) and has been detected in 105 locations in eight states, affecting wildlife and popular beaches including Praia do Futuro in Cear\u00e1, and Maragogi, in Alagoas.<\/p>\n<p>Molecular analysis of the oil\u00a0 by Brazil&#8217;s state-run company Petrobras showed the crude oil spilled did not originate in the country, Ibama said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The test also determined the oil came from a single source which has not yet been identified.<\/p>\n<p>Beachgoers and fishermen have been urged to avoid the material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian officials are investigating the source of a vast oil spill that has hit dozens of beaches along the country&#8217;s north-eastern coast. Analysis showed the oil found was of a type not produced in Brazil, according to the environmental agency Ibama There is no evidence that fish and shellfish have been contaminated but at least [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1466,31,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-news","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10020,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10019\/revisions\/10020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}