Not only does the GDP mask this erosion, it can actually portray it as an economic gain: an oil spill off a coastal region "adds" to the GDP because it generates commercial activity.

GDP 不仅掩盖了这种侵蚀现象，它实际上还可以将其描述为一种经济收益：沿海地区的石油泄漏“提升” GDP，因为它产生了商业活动。

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Regardless, the aftereffects of an oil spill are likely to last for a long time.

尽管如此，石油泄漏造成的后续副作用会持续很长的一段时间。

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Including the damage that results from offshore drilling when there is an oil spill.

包括海底钻探发生漏油事故时所造成的危害。

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He says the Keys have been lucky,so far. "I hate to use the work lucky in terms of an oil spill, because someone else is having a lot of issues and we know where the environment is having issues."

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There has been no pollution so far but a potential danger from an oil spill remains.

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Authorities said United States Environmental Services, an oil spill response company, was collecting oily water.

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