Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Sri Lanka Faces An Environmental Disaster As A Ship Full Of Chemicals Starts Sinking

Smoke billows from the Singapore-registered container ship X-Press Pearl on Wednesday. The ship carries 81 dangerous goods containers, including 25 tons of nitric acid, some of which has already leaked.

Beaches are coated with plastic pellets and a container full of nitric acid has leaked. Sri Lankan authorities are now making preparations for an oil spill.

(Image credit: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images)

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