BENGALURU: A Liberian-flagged container ship with hazardous cargo has sunk off the coast of Kerala in India's south, the navy said on Sunday (May 25) after rescuing all 24 crew members safely. India's navy said the MSC ELSA 3, listed as a 184m long freight ship, which was sailing from the Indian port

“The vessel went down with 640 containers, including 13 with hazardous cargo and 12 containing calcium carbide,” the statement said

    • Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      16 days ago

      No idea. I just work with acetylene and am familiar with old acetylene gas machines which use calcium carbide to make it. I have no idea what those toxins actually do in large amounts because I’m only used to dealing with them as fairly trace contaminants. I just know enough to know that the acetylene itself shouldn’t be much of an issue but those two chemicals could be.