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Disasters in Cornwall: Cornish Shipwrecks, Camelford Water Pollution Incident, Scilly Naval Disaster of 1707, USS Jacob Jones

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Cornish shipwrecks, Camelford water pollution incident, Scilly naval disaster of 1707, USS Jacob Jones, SS Flying Enterprise, Gulflight, Penlee lifeboat disaster, MV RMS Mulheim, SS Mohegan, HMS Colossus, Torrey Canyon, Dolcoath mine, 1979 Fastnet race, HMS Association, HMS Anson, MV Cita, Maria Asumpta, HMS Scylla, St Anthony, HMS Firebrand, HMS K5, Ben Asdale, Clio, East Wheal Rose, HMS Eagle, Merchant Royal, HMS Primrose, SS James Eagan Layne, St Newlyn East, Hollandia, SS Minnehaha, Rachel Harvey. Excerpt: The Camelford water pollution incident involved the accidental contamination of the drinking water supply to the town of Camelford, Cornwall, England with 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate in July 1988. As the aluminium sulphate broke down it produced several tonnes of sulphuric acid which "stripped a cocktail of chemicals from the pipe networks as well as lead and copper piping in people's homes." Many people who came into contact with the contaminated water experienced a range of short-term health effects. There has been no rigorous examination or monitoring of the health of the victims since the incident, and the long-term implications for those who were poisoned remains unclear. On 6 July 1988 John Stephens, a relief tanker driver working for Bristol-based distribution firm ISC, arrived at Lowermoor Water Treatment Works on Bodmin Moor and found it unmanned. Being unfamiliar with the location, he had been given a key by another driver and told simply that "once inside the gate, the aluminium sulphate tank is on the left." However, the key fitted almost every lock used by the South West Water Authority (SWWA). After twenty minutes looking for the correct tank he tried the key on a manhole cover and when it unlocked believed he had accessed the correct tank. He poured the load of 20 tonnes of aluminium sulpha...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781233129270
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 32
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 77 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1233129279
  • Publisher Date: 19 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Cornish Shipwrecks, Camelford Water Pollution Incident, Scilly Naval Disaster of 1707, USS Jacob Jones
  • Width: 189 mm


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