Acid spills in Trail, B.C., began years earlier than first believed, FOI documents reveal | CBC News
The
spill on May 25, 2016 was the first in a series of environmental
disasters emanating from the city’s zinc and lead smelting
operations owned by mining company Teck.
spill on May 25, 2016 was the first in a series of environmental
disasters emanating from the city’s zinc and lead smelting
operations owned by mining company Teck.
The public was not
told about the 2016 spill and there was never an independent
investigation done or fines issued by the province.
“The spill
was discovered via highway surveillance cameras. The new [transport]
trailers are only weeks old and the spill was caused by a faulty design
on the dome lid gasket,” according to an Emergency Management
B.C. dangerous goods incident report written a few days after the
2016 spill.