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NotSammyHagarlast Friday at 7:44 PM2 repliesview on HN

the article doesn't say it, but this all suggests someone probably had a bunch of old crap in a tank and dumped in the ocean. Maybe it was a giant ocean liner amount of it. Right? Why does no one want to just say that outright?


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Scoundrellerlast Friday at 7:54 PM

Mostly because the article is about a chemist focussed on identifying WTF it is and less so an expert in shipping/unreported damage/clandestine dumping.

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chasillast Friday at 8:27 PM

Alternately, shipping containers are regularly lost from container ships.

The article doesn't say if this was closer to raw material or waste.

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