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What is the cause of the Exxon Valdez?

A. Oil Tanker which sank in 1989 along the coast of Alaska and marine life seriously affected.

B. a plane which crashed and caused death of human life

C. a ship which wrecked on the coast of India

D. none of these.

Answer: Option A

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It spilled 10.8 million US gallons (260,000 bbl) (or 37,000 metric tonnes) of crude oil over the next few days. It is considered to be one of the worst human-caused environmental disasters. The Valdez spill is the second largest in US waters, after the 2010 Deep water Horizon oil spill, in terms of volume released

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What is the cause of the Exxon Valdez?

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