|Articles|June 10, 2010

Photo package: Veterinarians combat the oil in the Gulf (part 9, large)

The explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon killed 11 people on April 20 and mushroomed into the greatest man-made natural disaster in U.S. history.

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The cleanup: Oil is painstakingly removed from this sea turtle's shell using a toothbrush. This turtle was rescued at the Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Center in New Orleans.

Photo by Lee Celano

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