Officials initially estimated about 40 containers went overboard from a cargo ship during a B.C. accident, but the coast guard now says the number of containers is calculated at more than 100
The Canadian Coast Guard now says that more than 100 shipping containers, at least two of them carrying hazardous chemicals, fell off a cargo ship that later caught fire, and marine experts are concerned fish and even whales could suffer from chemical burning as a result of the accident.
Three containers were washed up at Cape Scott, on the northern tip of Vancouver Island, early Wednesday afternoon. The others are still adrift and some may have sunk. The containers were carrying Christmas decorations, sofas, poker tables, metal car parts, clothing, toys, yoga mats, stand-up paddle boards, industrial parts and other everyday items.
Jay Cullen, professor and director at University of Victoria’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, concurred that the harm to marine organisms depends on the concentration of potassium amyl xanthate that may leak from the missing containers.
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