Reefing Madness: Greenpeace and Basel Action Network speak out

A paper prepared by the Basel Action Network and Greenpeace opposing the sinking of a Florida warship.

One might wonder why it would be difficult to dispose of ships which each on average may containabout $3,000,000.00 worth of steel that can be recycled. The answer is that these vessels are floating caskets, full of toxic materials such as asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) integral to itsconstruction materials that if dealt with responsibly on land, via pre-cleaning or decontamination, wouldcost the government far more than the steel is worth.

Read the entire paper in PDF form here:
http://www.ban.org/Library/reports_Reefing_Madness_Final_May_06.pdf