It's been over a week since nearly 600,000 gallons of oil from the Keystone pipeline spilled into Kansas' Mill Creek and surrounding land. Environmental advocates say it will likely take years to clean up.
This thick, toxic substance makes cleanup so much more difficult, said Jane Kleeb, the founder of Bold Alliance, and Anthony Swift, director of the Canada Project with the Natural Resources Defense Council, both environmental advocacy groups.
She also notes that, in her experience, initial estimates of the amount of oil actually spilled can be wrong.The full picture of the leak won't be known until the recovery process is completed.
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