Soot From Kuwait’s Oil Fires Found in Japan
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<i> Reuters</i>
TOKYO — A mass of fine black soot, apparently blown from blazing Kuwaiti oil wells, is hanging in the air over Japan, the Meteorological Agency said Wednesday.
The agency’s observation plane detected soot in air samples taken 4.7 miles above the Tokyo area, where usually no soot is found.
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