Recycling Ships the Wrong Way: The Booming Shipbreaking Industry
At the end of the line, old ships are sent to developing countries to be broken down. But the environmental and human consequences are severe.
At the end of the line, old ships are sent to developing countries to be broken down. But the environmental and human consequences are severe.
The US Environmental Protection Agency has imposed a record fine on a toxic ship dealer for attempting to export a ship containing deadly polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to the infamous shipbreaking beaches of South Asia.
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