September 06, 2008
Pakistan beaches under threat from ship breaking
Business Recorder reported that Pakistan's beaches are again in environmental danger as ship breakers are in deal with an international ship selling firm to buy a scrap oil tanker which is on the watch list of Greenpeace.
The report cited sources in Pakistan Ship Breakers' Association as saying that the scrap oil tanker 'MV Atlantida' contains highly toxic and poisonous chemicals and has been marked by the Greenpeace.
