The French government’s decision to send the 27,000 tonne decommissioned military aircraft carrier ‘Clemenceau’ to Alang ship breaking yard in India to be taken apart has resulted in a complicated and embarrassing state of things since December 2005.
The global environment NGO, Greenpeace, has alleged that the carrier, with thousands of kilograms of toxic wastes in asbestos linings, and liters of liquid non-biodegradable wastes could pose a hazard to both environment and ship-breakers.
Before, I write more on this, let me take you through a study jointly conducted by Greenpeace and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) looking at the environmental and human cost of the ship-breaking industry in the developing world.
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