Toxic find halts Philippine dive

Source: BBC


Page last updated at 16:53 GMT, Friday, 27 June 2008 17:53 UK

Toxic find halts Philippine dive
Philippine divers at the site of the sunken ferry MV Princess of the Stars on Wednesday
The toxic discovery has made a difficult operation even more taxing

The operation to recover hundreds of bodies inside a sunken Philippine ferry has been suspended after a highly toxic pesticide was found to be on board.

Ten tonnes of endosulfan were illegally in the cargo, destined for a Del Monte pineapple plantation, officials said.

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Del Monte Philippines said in a statement: "While this cargo is owned by Del Monte Philippines, it was still enroute for delivery to Del Monte and was therefore outside its control at the time of the accident."
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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7477261.stm

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More Multinational shenanegans. Feh!

Sounds just like the IBM-Nazi connection- Statute of limitations has run out.

Very very strong. I'm glad they pulled the divers back, but what will that stuff do to the ocean where it is?

A$$holes. Cross them off my shopping list.

not that I buy many canned foods, but they are gone from me.

Not really a problem since I mostly buy organic anyway. What assholes.

And go down there to retrieve his property.

And the Phillipine government should sue Del Monte for environmental damage.

I wonder how deep this rabbit hole goes.

This is going to get ugly.