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Toxic Shipwreck in Madagascar Kills Whales, Makes Locals Sick


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Katie
- 29 days ago - treehugger.com
A ship carrying toxic waste sunk off the coast of Madagascar, and thousands of tons of refuse were emptied into the rich marine ecosystem. The wreck has had devastating effects on the sea life and the health of people who live inland--causing whales .....
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Teresa Mac Tavish (188)
Thursday October 29, 2009, 10:37 pm
SO SAD, THANK YOU AND NOTED KATIE, HUGGLES TERESA
 

Roseann Dudrick (70)
Thursday October 29, 2009, 10:40 pm
Humans are getting an F in planet management. The stupidity is astounding.
 

Chaz Gaily Berlusconi (251)
Friday October 30, 2009, 2:37 am
How awful.. I hope the owners of this ship are held accountable, and that they are forced to clean up, an compensate these people for their loss
 

John C. (0)
Friday October 30, 2009, 6:44 am
Sorry for being the realist here, but this situation is idiotic!
That site should have been surrounded with floating a dam within hours of the accident and a pumpout begun.
At the depth that ship is lying at it would have been very simple to deploy a few divers to weld fittings to the hull, cut through and pump out the tanks.
This is done often enough, but the government decided to let her sit there and defecate her contents into one of the oceans zones of incredibly fertile water.
Nothing like letting politics destroy what little there is left of the ocean and it's biomass.
The branch of Turkish government that registers these rotting ships should have it's officers fined and the monies used to help the communities that will suffer. The shipping company should be in there NOW, clearing everything out of there.
 

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Friday October 30, 2009, 3:39 pm
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Gorilly Girl (371)
Friday October 30, 2009, 3:42 pm
Banat yeah I gotcha on that post....????

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Julie F. (52)
Friday October 30, 2009, 3:52 pm
I agree with you John C and yes that shipping company should have been there and taking action ASAP!!! I hope they are fined heavily but this will still not help the marine life and people who are suffering, very very sad!!!! There are just too many shipping accidents happening these days, something must be done!!
 

John C. (0)
Friday October 30, 2009, 5:12 pm
Julie,
I was just thinking...
Given the cost of these apparatus in respect to the cost of operations, these dams are something every ship that carries waste should have ready to deploy.
The working deck is not like that of a container ship, where the deck has things constantly shifted.
A couple of containers would hold everything and a modest craft could be deployed to drag the dam out of the container and then around the spill. One big Co2 tank would fill the bladder enough to float it temporarily while it is fully put in place and a compressor could then fill it up all the way.
Anchor it at a few points and use the motor craft to get the crew out of there.
Obviously this would not work in the case of a catastrophic accident/capsize etc., but in most of these groundings, the ship is safe to be aboard for many many hours. Sometimes days!
Bailing out of the scene so as not to be arrested is a hit and run to me and should be punishable by massive fines and BIG jail time, just like an auto accident.
Make the fines big enough and it will be cheaper to be environmentally conscious.
The problem with this type of thing, is that governments and municipalities do fine boaters for spills.
A private boater who hits a reef in a park and holes his hull, spilling their fuel may be fined massive amounts of money for a private citizen. While a big company like this will be levied a fine that will be like the private citizen paying a few dollars. Captains and mates who pilot large vessels know better because they are trained (educated) to stay on the proper course lines. A private boater is not usually educated at all, all they need is the key to start the engines and off they go.
Government tells us they are doing something about protecting the oceans, "look at all the private boaters we are fining, look at all the rules we have in place!". Those rules and regulations do no good without education! Fine the big guys heavily and put the monies into educating the boating public, and putting people in place to protect our delicate inshore systems. This is where it would really matter the most.
 

Madeleine L. (36)
Friday October 30, 2009, 8:59 pm
I agree John C.. It was be interesting to get a translation of the language in the long 'poetry' post (the one with years...)
 

Nan B. (50)
Friday October 30, 2009, 10:30 pm
Gorilly you hit it right on the spot LOL
But I do want to say I think this is so very sad, and the fact that the waters are rightfully our finned friends. And they are being killed by what we have created... A death trap.
Tks Katie
 

David B. (14)
Tuesday November 3, 2009, 5:37 pm
as long as shipping of waste of any kind is allowed,the potential for a major wreck or spill is there and it 's the ocean who pays the price! thank you Katie
 
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