Comments on: "Very, very bad stuff" finally banned by EPA http://sea-fever.org/2007/09/04/very-very-bad-stuff-finally-banned-by-epa/ Exploring maritime culture, history and heritage Thu, 17 May 2012 16:04:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: R. Martin http://sea-fever.org/2007/09/04/very-very-bad-stuff-finally-banned-by-epa/#comment-1893 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:01:08 +0000 http://sea-fever.org/2007/09/04/very-very-bad-stuff-finally-banned-by-epa/#comment-1893 You will be happy to learn that Panama did ratify the treaty on Monday, Sept 17 so the International treaty will enter into force on Sept 17, 2008. However, the US has not yet ratified the treaty so this is a big gap since ships coming to the US can still have TBT on the hull even though it can’t be applied.

]]> By: gcaptain.com http://sea-fever.org/2007/09/04/very-very-bad-stuff-finally-banned-by-epa/#comment-1628 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:38:07 +0000 http://sea-fever.org/2007/09/04/very-very-bad-stuff-finally-banned-by-epa/#comment-1628 “Very, very bad stuff” finally banned by EPA « Sea-Fever blog

Treehugger.com reports that the EPA has finally banned a substance that is considered one of the most toxic substances ever released into the world’s oceans.

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