PHOTOS: Israel Hit With Massive 600,000 Gallon Oil Spill

[MerryBlooms]

A nature reserve has been flooded with oil and more than 80 people have been hospitalized from exposure to toxic fumes after approximately 600,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline in southern Israel on Wednesday, according to media reports there.

The massive spill, which resulted from a breach in the 153-mile Trans-Israel pipeline, has been described as “one of the gravest pollution events in the country’s history.” That’s according to Israel Environmental Protection Ministry official Guy Samet, who also said the spill could take months, maybe years, to fully clean up.

“This is one of the State of Israel’s most serious pollution events,” Samut told Israel Radio. “We are still having trouble gauging the full extent of the contamination.”

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/12/04/3599861/israel-oil-spill/

[malaise]

1. This won't help Bibi the war criminal

who will be kicked out of office in March

[Delphinus]

2. Hope you're right!

But will the next one be any better?

[malaise]

3. I doubt he/she could be worse

but who knows

[Hoppy]

4. IS the Trans-Israel pipeline the same as the Trans-Canada?

[Oilwellian]

5. A pipeline is a pipeline

They will always be subject to leaks. The article said this was a new section of the pipeline. Someone screwed up royally.