Colombo, Sri Lanka – For more than a week, daily life on Pamunogama Beach in the western province of Sri Lanka, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the capital
When a chemical cargo ship sinks in Sri Lanka, locals fear the worst Environmental News
Colombo, Sri Lanka – It has been the same routine for more than a week on Pamunugama beach in the Western Province of Sri Lanka, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the capital Colombo.
Sri Lankan naval officers arrive in hazmatic clothing and begin collecting plastic pellets resembling fish that were washed ashore on May 20 after a fire broke out in a chemical cargo ship.
Authorities are now pushing for the possibility of an oil spill after the sinking of the MV X-Press Pearl Island, a Singapore-registered island off the nation’s west coast, in the worst environmental disaster man has ever committed.