Sri Lanka: The X Press Pearl disaster podcast

In May 2021, Sri Lanka suffered one of the worst environmental disasters in its history when a massive container ship, the X-Press Pearl, caught fire and sank off its coast. As it went down it released tonnes of toxic chemicals, metal waste, and microplastics into the sea— the UN called it the largest plastic spill ever recorded. Four years on Watershed and the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network investigates how the disaster is still having an impact on coastal communities.

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