2024-03-30 13:00:00
Less than a week following a container ship rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge — causing the Baltimore bridge to collapse and topple partly onto the ship — officials are still working to identify and contain environmental pollutants that may be leaking into the Patapsco River.
So far, officials have released little information regarding the 764 tons of hazardous materials onboard the container ship Dali or the source of a sheen seen on the surface of the water near the crash site.
“Any time there’s a catastrophic event like this, there’s a potential for water pollution,” said Leda Huta, executive director of Waterkeepers Chesapeake, a nonprofit water quality watchdog for the Chesapeake Bay. “There are more than a million people living in that watershed, and it’s been a longtime struggle to ensure that the community has clean water that’s swimmable, fishable and drinkable.”
Here’s what to know regarding the potential environmental impacts of the crash.
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