Traces of oil sludge were found in some mangroves at a village in Pola town, Oriental Mindoro province, that is still reeling from the impact of the oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress, an environmental study showed on Monday. The contamination has forced a coalition of scientists and environmental advocates to sound the alarm as they warned that it could lead to the death of the local mangrove ecosystem if the spread would not be prevented.

Mallari, D. T., Jr. (2023, April 12). Oil sludge taints mangroves in Oriental Mindoro. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A8.