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Toxic Waste Shipwreck in Madagascar Kills Whales

treehugger.com — A ship carrying toxic waste sunk off the coast of Madagascar, & thousands of tons of refuse were emptied into the rich marine ecosystem. The wreck has had devastating effects on sea life and the health of people who live inland - causing whales to mysteriously beach in greater numbers, and afflicting locals with grave respiratory and skin diseases.

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  • Gigglecream, on 10/30/2009, -4/+71***** You, Whale!
  • veriix, on 10/30/2009, -4/+40SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING!!
  • AvidPreatorian, on 10/30/2009, -0/+27Oh no, it's the Japanese!
  • cyrix, on 10/30/2009, -0/+23MUM MUM MUM MAH P-P-P-POKER FACE
  • flyingsquirle, on 10/30/2009, -1/+23***** YOU WHAAAALE and ***** YOU DOLPHIN!!!!
  • ddefranza, on 10/29/2009, -2/+24Seeing a dead whale on the beach is so sad.
  • axelstudios, on 10/30/2009, -0/+22***** You, Dolphin!
  • Brasky, on 10/30/2009, -0/+19Saw this coming the second I saw the headline.
  • eShinn, on 10/30/2009, -0/+18I lol'ed and feel terrible.
  • RLovell, on 10/30/2009, -0/+15***** YOU CHICKEN AND COWS
  • _skin_, on 10/30/2009, -1/+15Horrible! Who is responsible? Why aren't they cleaning this up, instead of the locals?
  • nickaster, on 10/29/2009, -2/+16That's really awful, and likely will get no press in the US. It's doubly unfortunate that this kind of thing has to happen in the USA or Europe for anyone with money to notice.
  • flux123, on 10/30/2009, -1/+14Finally, someone figured out how to take down Madagascar.
  • TehProphet, on 10/30/2009, -2/+13***** YOU WHAAALE!! ***** YOU DAWRFIN!!
  • merbrian, on 10/30/2009, -1/+12Almost as sad as thousands of innocent, diseased people . . .
  • Benjigga, on 10/30/2009, -1/+12This looks like a job for the SEA SHEPHERD!!
  • AlienMushroom, on 10/30/2009, -1/+1275% chance they sank the ship intentionally.
  • ball4121, on 10/30/2009, -0/+11***** You, Cow! ***** You, Chicken!
  • eShinn, on 10/30/2009, -0/+9This has got to be the most tragic thing since the Exxon spill. I've heard of oil spills but Toxic spills? WTF were they toating around the ocean to begin with? It should be international law - you don't want toxic waste in your state/country/region? Then don't F*CKING MAKE IT!!!
  • Glaxovont, on 10/30/2009, -1/+10Hmmm Indian ship filled with toxic waste was headed where exactly? How much was it going to cost the company to dispose of that phosphate waste once it reached its destination?

    There should be a thorough investigation of this incident I smell something fishy and its not the dead whales on the beach.
  • crablabs, on 10/30/2009, -1/+10Phuck Yoo! ‹^›(>.<)‹^›
  • Batterup714, on 10/30/2009, -0/+8...and I got what I wanted from this thread.
  • askantik, on 10/30/2009, -2/+10First of all, it doesn't mention any human casualties in this incident. Secondly, why are humans necessarily more important than whales? There's way more humans than whales. I'm not saying I necessarily think whales are more important than humans, but I question the notion that humans are inherently more important than other animals.
  • jonathandyer, on 10/30/2009, -0/+7Watch the newest episode of South Park, then you will understand.
  • Airforcefalco, on 10/30/2009, -1/+784% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
  • wentwhere, on 10/30/2009, -0/+5man, this sucks
  • Bobski, on 10/30/2009, -0/+5Shipwreck In Madagascar?

    You got to move it, move it.
  • LilJimmyNordin, on 10/30/2009, -3/+7Even more tragic was the loss of a species unique in the entire world: Talking zebras with the voice of Chris Rock.
  • ball4121, on 10/30/2009, -0/+4***** You, Telephone Pole!
  • Fleagleman, on 10/30/2009, -0/+4I don't remember seeing any whales in that movie.
  • Brian47126, on 10/30/2009, -0/+4and 82.4 percent of people believe them, whether their accurate statistics or not...
  • Vaiper, on 10/30/2009, -0/+3Why didn't you close your ports?!?!?! WHY?!? You always did when I tried to infect you...unfair.
  • Nova437, on 10/30/2009, -0/+3 causing whales to mysteriously beach in greater numbers

    Is the reason really mysterious?
  • papashawn, on 10/30/2009, -0/+3whats with the ***** you whale/cow/dolphin comments, did i miss something?
  • edrodgers731, on 10/30/2009, -0/+3Yes it is.

    It's like drunk drivers mysteriously driving into telephone poles. Nobody knows why they do it.
  • chinaman1212, on 10/30/2009, -0/+3and 97% of those are wrong.
  • edrodgers731, on 10/30/2009, -0/+3Humans are more important to humans. That's how it works. It works that way with most species.
  • Benjigga, on 10/30/2009, -1/+4http://i34.tinypic.com/2cesq4k.jpg
  • edrodgers731, on 10/30/2009, -0/+2Awesome.
  • jster89, on 10/30/2009, -0/+2P-P-P-Poker face P-P-Poker face!
  • xenuxenuts, on 10/30/2009, -2/+4because businessmen are all for a free market except when it means they have to pay for their screw ups.
  • FlippityFlipz, on 10/30/2009, -0/+2O RRY?
  • shroommi, on 10/30/2009, -0/+2In the US, cleaning up would begin in less than 24 hours as long as it wasn't New Orleans.
  • TheSadRobut, on 10/30/2009, -0/+2Jeeze, this sounds like something straight out of Captain Planet.
  • chinaman1212, on 10/30/2009, -1/+3a ship wrecked in New Orleans..........oh! you mean the hurricane cleanup that the governor ***** up and everyone blamed the president. gotcha.
  • isunktheship, on 10/30/2009, -0/+2hahahah i was thinking the same thing, why couldn't they have killed that uppity zebra?
  • gl77, on 10/30/2009, -0/+1The Toxic Avenger just now came to mind.
  • InactiveUser, on 10/31/2009, -0/+1I support you 100%
  • xixphz, on 10/30/2009, -0/+1crap got beat to it
  • FlippityFlipz, on 10/30/2009, -1/+2***** YOU TOXIC SHIP! How DARE you leak your load during mating season!
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