Russia is contemplating the use of chemicals in oil destruction operations in the eastern Gulf of Finland, the Finnish paper Helsingin Sanomat reports today.
"These are not suitable methods to be used in the environmentally delicate Baltic Sea. They are definitely not going to replace the tried and tested mechanical oil clean-updestruction methods", assures chief engineer Kalervo Jolma from Finland's Environmental Administration.
Russian transporting of oil by sea through the Gulf of Finland has increased seven-fold in the past ten years, from 22 million tons in 1996 to the present 140 million tons per year. The risk of an accident is in direct correlation with the increase in Russian transport volumes.
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