Pollution & Toxins

ARROYO BARRIL, Dominican Republic, Nov. 6 (UPI) — A civil lawsuit has been filed in Delaware charging toxic levels of coal ash dumped at a rural port in the Dominican Republic made area residents sick.
The suit cites repeated miscarriages and children born without limbs and organs as evidence of harm caused by the coal [...]

PERTH, Australia, Nov. 3 (UPI) — An Australian oil company said Tuesday it has succeeded in stopping a leak coming from its well in the Timor Sea.
PTTEP Australasia says the leak from its West Atlas rig, which has spewed thousands of gallons of oil into the sea since August, was successfully stopped with heavy [...]

ALAMEDA, Calif., Nov. 1 (UPI) — Fishing has been suspended and beaches are closed near an oil spill that occurred during the fueling of a 600-foot Panamanian tanker, California officials said.
The Dubai Star left a 2-mile-long, 200-yard-wide oil spill of approximately 100 gallons near Alameda, Calif., due to a mechanical failure during the fueling [...]

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1 (UPI) — A hole in the hull of a cargo ship near the Mississippi River near Louisiana caused a 12,000-gallon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The Pac Alkaid reported to the Coast Guard that it was leaking oil while anchored near the Venice Mississippi River [...]

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30 (UPI) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it is working with California officials to respond to a fuel-oil spill in San Francisco Bay.
The Coast Guard said in a news release that Friday morning’s spill began when a Panamanian-flagged vessel Dubai Star was conducting bunkering operations with a fuel barge.
During the [...]