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I used small wood planks to scoop up the oil and put it into big plastic garbage bags. LIU JIA, a worker at a beach resort in China, who was helping to clean up the spreading oil slick off of the country’s northeast coast.
Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010

Open quoteI used small wood planks to scoop up the oil and put it into big plastic garbage bags.Close quote

  • LIU JIA,
  • a worker at a beach resort in China, who was helping to clean up the spreading oil slick off the country's northeast coast; lacking equipment, hundreds of volunteers had to use bare hands, chopsticks and plastic garbage bags
Photo: Jiang He / Greenpeace / Reuters | Source: WASHINGTON POST