Deep Water Recovery ship breaking continuing to torch on the beach.

When cutting up ships with a torch, the process releases heavy metals present in the ship’s materials and coatings into the environment. These heavy metals, such as lead and cadmium, are toxic and can have detrimental effects on the environment. Additionally, the anti-fouling paints used on ships contain significant amounts of heavy metals, which are heated up and released as toxic fumes during torch-cutting processes. The presence of these toxic heavy metals in the slag from ship cutting poses environmental challenges due to their harmful nature.

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