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Toxic US ship
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The Indian government has banned a US-flagged ship with toxic and radioactive materials on board from being dismantled at the Alang shipyard in Gujarat.
The aged American cruise liner Platinum II was barred from berthing in the shipyard after officials found 238 tonnes of asbestos and radioactive substances in its hull. According to media reports, the previous private owners of the Platinum II (then known as SS Oceanic) in Maryland were fined $518,500 dollars in January 2009 by the Environmental Protection Agency for illegally exporting the vessel with the PCBs on board. |
