Responders have currently found ‘no immediate threat’, but 14 of at least 56 containers carrying #contaminants were destroyed
by Dharna Noor in Baltimore
Sat 30 Mar 2024
"In the meantime, more containers could fall into the water, including ones the NTSB says contain corrosive chemicals and #Lithium-ion batteries – materials that could leak #toxic#HeavyMetals into the water. And as long as the ship remains in the water, the possibility of the ship’s fuel container rupturing remains."
For years, a #copper#smelter at Rouyn Noranda, #Quebec # 600 km northwest of #Montreal has been spewing a cocktail of #HeavyMetals into the air. W5 discovers that some of the town's residents are no longer willing to pay the financial benefits from heavy #industry.