The Nightmare Is Not Over. X-Press Pearl Is Sinking, Might Cause an Oil Spill

Sri Lanka's environmental disaster seems to grow and grow, as the MV X-Press Pearl container ship with a hazardous cargo of 350 metric tons of oil on board now started to sink off Colombo's main harbor. The ship caught fire almost two weeks ago, on May 21, while at Colombo anchorage, after an explosion occurred one day earlier, causing containers filled with nitric acid and other chemicals to tumble into the