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A brown pelican is cleaned at the Fort Jackson International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras Methyl soyate is applied to a brown pelican as a first step to loosen the oil before washing it with water and soap at the Fort Jackson International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras, Louisiana on June 20, 2010. Members of the Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research team work to clean birds covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead. The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded on April 20 and sank after burning. Picture taken June 20, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters)

Methyl soyate is applied to a brown pelican as a first step to loosen the oil before washing it with water and soap at the Fort Jackson International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras, Louisiana on June 20, 2010. Members of the Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research team work to clean birds covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead. The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded on April 20 and sank after burning. Picture taken June 20, 2010. [Xinhua/Reuters]