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'Radioactive' ship anchors at Alang
(The Times of India)
October 14, 2009
NEW DELHI: The shipbreaking yards of Alang have once again been hit by controversy, following the anchoring of a ship from US allegedly laden with radioactive material at Bhavnagar.
The civil society has raised an outcry over the docking of 'Platinum II - earlier named 'SS Oceanic and 'SS Independence - allegedly carrying polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and high levels of asbestos, which it contends have been banned by the US Environment Protection Agency ...... Read more on The Times of India
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