Chemical used in explosives spills out of sinking ship in Costa Rica

A ship carrying almost 200 tons of ammonium nitrate sank off the coast of Puntarenas, Costa Rica, on Saturday, causing the government to set up a 60-mile-long safety zone. Costa Rica declares emergency after ship carrying 180 tons of ammonium nitrate sinks off Pacific coast pic.twitter.com/379R3KuX8g -- Agence France-Presse (@AFP) May 4, 2015 After the incident, people were told not to go swimming or fishing, but eventually a government spokesman said only small amounts of the chemical, used in ...