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Is sinking old ships to make an artificial reef for tourists environmentally
friendly? If not, what is to be done with a huge float of rusting, useless
commercial and military vessels moored in ports around the world? We delve into
this issue with underwater footage filmed off the Spanish coast and in the USA
in the Gulf of Mexico where we film one of these sunken ships which has become
big business. After 30 years of active service, the Spanish frigate “Baleares”
has been decommissioned. Built in the 1970s, many of the materials it is made
from are now known to be toxic: PCBs, heavy metals, asbestos, etc. The town of
Calvià, on the island of Majorca wants the vessel so they can clean it up and
sink it to make an artificial diving reef. Though the Spanish Navy likes the
idea, the Environmental Ministry has denied authorization, claiming that no
clean-up process can rid the ship entirely of hazardous substances. |
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