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Toxic Timebomb Ship Nearing Destination

ban.org — "The government is letting the ship owners get away with what could be tantamount to murder...Lives are at stake here so why on earth is the government not demanding that the ship be turned back to US territory at once?" -- Jim Puckett of the Basel Action Network on the export to South Asia for scrapping of the SS Oceanic (formerly SS Independence

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  • Manny70, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1This ship is loaded with 210 tons of toxic polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contaminated material and 250 tons of asbestos, headed for a scrap-breaking beach in India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh. Would be a terrible shame if these toxic chemicals are released in the process of scrapping, contaminating the environment and workers - before the US government through EPA or the Justice Department takes action in recalling the ship.
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