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The owners of a container ship which crashed into another vessel in the North Sea on Monday have denied reports it had hazardous sodium cyanide on board. US tanker Stena Immaculate was anchored ...

In the aftermath of the crash there were fears it was carrying a combination of alcohol and 15 containers of sodium cyanide. However the Solong's owner, Ernst Russ, has confirmed the ship was not ...

It remains unclear whether there has been any leak of the chemical. "Sodium Cyanide is used widely in metal processing and, whilst quite corrosive and toxic, it only becomes a serious problem when ...

However, it’s now been confirmed that there is no sodium cyanide on board. "There are four empty containers that have previously contained the hazardous chemical and these containers will ...

These include ethylene glycol, ethers, methylene chloride, lye (sodium and potassium hydroxide), petroleum distillates and pine oil. Oven cleaners can be corrosive to skin and eyes, so it’s vital that ...