Clam boat pulls up canisters off NY, crew sickened

[Ziggy]

Clam boat pulls up canisters off NY, crew sickened

"A fishing boat dredging for clams off New York's Long Island pulled up 10 canisters, including one that broke open and released an unidentified chemical that caused two crew members to blister and struggle to breathe, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday"

"After learning of the incident, the Coast Guard issued a "captain of the port order," a rare command instructing the boat to return to port."

The crew of six caught the canisters in their nets Sunday about 45 miles south of Long Island but dumped them back into the ocean when one crew member began developing blisters. It was several hours after he had been exposed to the contents of the container that had broken open, Coast Guard spokesman Jeff Hall said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap_ ... l_chemical

[Certified-Nutter]

man, i cant believe they threw the canisters back in the ocean.... ignorant fucks

they had already broke one, and theres no mention of it being spilled out on the deck of the boat, so obv they just dumped loose contents of that barrel back in the sea...
man makes u wonder, do they have no sense?

[Bubbles]

^ lol man they couldnt keep em on board because they were scared theyd die.

[Weedguru Higher]

^ lol man they couldnt keep em on board because they were scared theyd die.

I think I would have thrown 'em overboard too....

They should have taken the GPS positioning of where they dumped them though

[RosettaStoned]

Well, here's hoping they get those canisters out of the ocean, because if they do that to people, think of the flora and fauna below the waters...

Oil spills, chemical canisters...wtf is the ocean, a big fucking landfill? haha

[SpRi7e]

It has been and will be for a real long time as long as it suddenly gets rid of people's problems with no immediate threat

[WeedGuru_Flow]

It has been and will be for a real long time as long as it suddenly gets rid of people's problems with no immediate threat

True, I doubt anyone knows exactly what's been dumped there ever since humanity set sail...

[(weedguru)scarf]

mmm pretty hard choice to make... keep it on board and die... or throw it back