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Story summary
- An oil spill has impacted Pui O wetlands on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, with petroleum levels up to 40 times higher than in unaffected areas.
- Greenpeace found contamination in 70% of samples, threatening local ecology and endangered species.
- The Environmental Protection Department says the spill was isolated.
- Greenpeace argues the EPD's lack of investigation condones ecological destruction and urges authorities to prioritize conservation.
