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Asbestos Found Dumped Along Pakistan Shoreline

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Large quantities of asbestos from a dismantled British warship ended up dumped in plastic bags along a coastal area in Pakistan.
 
Officials claim no knowledge but local residents are concerned especially since dozens of green turtles have recently died there.

Scrapped UK warship: Large amount of asbestos found dumped near

Daily Times - 3/21/2006 6:19 PM

After a British warship was dismantled at a Gadani ship-breaking yard, a massive quantity of asbestos was found dumped in the coastal area of district Lasbella in Balochistan.
 
During a survey of the area around the ship-breaking yard, Daily Times found a large quantity of the chemical dumped in medium-sized polythene bags. Locals told Daily Times that during the past one week, they kept discovering dozens of green turtles dead along the shore. They said that when they asked the people who worked at the ship-breaking yard what had happened, they were told that the chemical bags fell from the trucks while being transported out of La
 
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