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Canadian town of St. Mary's removes rotten fish smell after years of stench
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- The town of St. Mary’s in Newfoundland and Labrador is undergoing a cleanup to eliminate a persistent foul odor caused by 110 tanks containing 3,000 gallons each of fermented fish sauce left abandoned over 20 years ago.
- The abandoned Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company plant deteriorated over time, allowing bacteria to continue fermenting the fish sauce and causing the severe smell that troubled the community.
- The cleanup involves draining the vats, mixing the liquid with peat moss for absorption, and transporting the waste to a specially lined pit for safe disposal, with the project costing approximately 1.7 million Canadian dollars.
- The town secured funding primarily from the provincial government and took out a loan of nearly 200,000 Canadian dollars to cover its share, expressing frustration over the lack of federal support.
- St. Mary’s volunteer mayor Steve Ryan emphasized the community’s long fight for the cleanup, hoping the project will finally put an end to the decades-long nuisance and restore peace to the small town.
