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Cap on toxic underwater creosote lake appears to be working

by GARY CHITTIM / KING 5 News

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Posted on November 4, 2011 at 8:11 PM

They stopped the bleeding decades ago. But the ecological wound at an old Bainbridge Island creosote plant runs deep. As environmental specialist Gary Chittim shows us, divers are going down to see if the bandage is holding.

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kingster said on November 6, 2011 at 6:20 AM

That is some truly evil stuff. I've worked around creosoted timbers in a salvage operation - it's not a good summertime job. Why don't they make some attempt to remove the stuff and dispose of it properly? Just hoping the old fix works is not going to work.

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anticap said on November 5, 2011 at 12:17 PM

I hope that cap holds a lot better than BP's caps are holding in the Gulf of Mexico. Speaking of great companies.....

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alki50 said on November 5, 2011 at 10:58 AM

Wykoff contaminated a large area on and around Harbor Island too. They once were fined for intentionally dumping contaminants at night to avoid detection. Great company!

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