Jun 8, 2010 — Two crewmembers of a Massachusetts clam dredging boat are in the hospital for exposure to some type of chemical after he boat dug up 10 canisters of something from the ocean floor on Sunday. The ESS PURSUIT dropped the sick crewmen off at the hospital Monday and then returned to sea. The U.S. Coast Guard issued a captain of the port order on Monday to the fishing vessel to return to port. A Coast Guard spokesperson said the EMS and hospital personnel said the two sick men appear to have symptoms of mustard gas exposure.
Source: Planet Data
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