West PH Sea: Cyanide found in bottles from Chinese boats near Ayungin

MANILA, Philippines — Laboratory tests found cyanide in several bottles recovered by the Philippine Navy from Chinese boats operating near BRP Sierra Madre at Ayungin Shoal last year, the National Security Council (NSC) said Monday. Cyanide is a “highly toxic chemical known to cause severe and irreversible damage to humans and marine ecosystems,” the NSC said. “Laboratory analysis conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation’s Forensic and Scientific Research Service has conclusively established that the yellow bottles seized from the sampans contain cyanide,” the agency explained. READ: Bottles of ‘cyanide’ seized from Chinese fishers The bottles were seized from Chinese […]... Keep on reading: West PH Sea: Cyanide found in bottles from Chinese boats near Ayungin

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