Men wearing protective suits pose in front of a hangar. (Credit: Agromec photo provided by the Energy Ministry)
Twenty tons of asbestos that had been stored for decades at the Beddawi oil facilities in Tripoli, North Lebanon, were shipped Monday to a treatment plant in France, an Energy Ministry source confirmed to L'Orient Today. The hazardous material was first transported by CMA CGM to the Port of Beirut before being shipped onward to France, where it is expected to arrive within 35 days, according to the same source.Asbestos, a carcinogenic chemical used mainly in construction materials but also in oil processing, has been banned for decades in many countries around the world.In the aftermath of the deadly Beirut port explosion on Aug. 4, 2020, caused by a fire that ignited hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate that had been stored for years without proper safety measures, authorities ordered checks to see if other dangerous substances were...
Twenty tons of asbestos that had been stored for decades at the Beddawi oil facilities in Tripoli, North Lebanon, were shipped Monday to a treatment plant in France, an Energy Ministry source confirmed to L'Orient Today. The hazardous material was first transported by CMA CGM to the Port of Beirut before being shipped onward to France, where it is expected to arrive within 35 days, according to the same source.Asbestos, a carcinogenic chemical used mainly in construction materials but also in oil processing, has been banned for decades in many countries around the world.In the aftermath of the deadly Beirut port explosion on Aug. 4, 2020, caused by a fire that ignited hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate that had been stored for years without proper safety measures, authorities ordered checks to see if other dangerous substances...
