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The 402 Drums: How a Ferry Became a Toxic Tomb
The 402 Drums: How a Ferry Became a Toxic Tomb
The thought of 402 drums of a banned pesticide sitting inside a capsized passenger ferry creates a chilling barrier between rescuers and survivors - and it kept divers out for months. The Princess of the Stars sank in Typhoon Fengshen with 870 people aboard, and the presence of 402 drums of endosulfan turned the wreck into a chemical hazard; how did one mislabeled container change the fate of hundreds and the course of the recovery?
In this episode, we tell what happened before, during and after the sinking of the Princess of the Stars, including…
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