A probe is under way after more than 100 containers containing hazardous waste were found dumped near a river in Cork.
Officials from Cork County Council’s environment directorate recovered the containers from a 10m stretch of the banks of the Owenabue, near Shannonbank in Carrigaline, on Wednesday.
While most were empty, some had several millilitres of pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides swishing around inside. The others contained residual amounts of corrosive chemicals….
Irish Examiner 22/08/2014 Read the article ‘Probe after hazardous waste dumped near river‘
