Testing in Baltimore’s harbor is ongoing to determine if any hazardous chemicals leaked into the water after a massive cargo ship brought down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, but officials say they continue to ensure safety.
“There’s no immediate threat to the environment,” Kimberly Reaves, spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard, said in an interview Friday morning.
The Dali, the nearly 1,000-foot Singaporean cargo ship that crashed into the bridge early Tuesday morning, carried 4,700 cargo containers. Fifty-six of those containers contained hazardous materials, and 14 were impacted.
Industrial hygienists assessed the affected cargo containers and found they contained “soap products, perfume products, or not otherwise specified resin,” according to the most recent news release on the Key Bridge Response’s website.
