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TARRED AND . . .: As sea lions and seals basked on buoys at the site of the oil spill (B1), British Petroleum came up with a plan for sunbathers who encounter small tar balls on the beach: 45,000 wet wipes and 110 gallons of mineral oil. . . . The result: “When people come wandering to a lifeguard tower asking for something to clean themselves with, it won’t have to come out of some city’s budget,” says one local official.
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