AP Investigation: Ike environmental toll apparent

By DINA CAPPIELLO, FRANK BASS and CAIN BURDEAU , Associated Press Writers, Space & Earth science / Environment

In this photograph provided by the Louisana Department of Environmental Quality, an oil sheen can been seen floating on waters covering an oilfield in Cameron Parish in southwest Louisana Set. 15, 2008. The oil production field was flooded when Hurricane Ike made landfall. (AP Photo/Louisana Department of Environmental Quality)

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(AP) -- Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and the marshes, bayous and bays of Louisiana and Texas, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press.

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