Thursday, April 29, 2021

Toxic waste dump site more than twice the size of Manhattan discovered in Pacific Ocean

 

 

A massive underwater toxic waste site has long been suspected off the Southern California shore, since industrial companies used the ocean as a dumping ground until 1972. Now marine scientists have identified over 25,000 barrels they believe contain the toxic chemical "DDT" in the Pacific Ocean. Stephanie Sy talks to David Valentine, a UC Santa Barbara professor of microbiology, about the barrels.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-Kp29-AjOA

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