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Cheat Devices: Shipping Lines Accused of Willful Pollution

British-based news organization,
The Independent, broke a story that went global immediately.

The report documented findings of an investigation, which purportedly found that more than 3,700 ships operating globally have been fitted with open-loop scrubbers, also known as cheat devices. This technology converts emission exhausts to liquid so as to dump the toxic chemicals ‘scrubbed’ from smoke-stack emissions into the sea around the ship, thus circumventing newly established standards of the International Maritime Organization. Concerns expressed include:

• continuing pollution of the environment by increased emissions from ships having to carry around this heavy device, weighing up to 200 tonnes;
• pumping sulphur and other pollutants into the sea will devastate wildlife and sanctuaries around the world;
• contaminants settling over time in waterways and accumulating in particular areas;
• pollution clean-up could make ports

non-viable and a strain on local economies; and,significant increases in the cost of dredging (for having to properly dispose of contaminated material). —

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