Khian Sea Disposal Incident
Named in 1 episode title on this site. Kind: ship-maritime.
| Kind | ship-maritime |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khian_Sea_waste_disposal_incident |
After the problem: the environment
| Ecological impact | ~14,000 tons of Philadelphia incinerator ash shipped 1986; ~4,000 tons dumped on a Haiti beach 1988; no primary agency record found this session |
|---|---|
| Mechanism / vector | contamination — municipal incinerator ash landed on a Haitian beach and reportedly at sea |
| Remediation class | unknown |
| Remediation status | no remediation record found this session — only news-archive secondary sources reachable |
| Interest (0–5) | 2 |
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khian_Sea_waste_disposal_incident (fetched 2026-09-20) -- checked via MediaWiki API for government-source external links; none found; pointer only