Beirut port blast: French company to clear 30,000 tonnes of insect infested grain

  • Date: 04-Jun-2021
  • Source: The National
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:Lebanon
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Beirut port blast: French company to clear 30,000 tonnes of insect infested grain

A French company is working to clear Beirut's port of up to 30,000 tonnes of grain, ten months after a devastating explosion rocked Beirut and destroyed the port's giant silos.

Environmental engineering company Recygroup International has identified a number of potential health risks caused by the piles of rotting grain.

“Insects and rats are feeding on the grain, which has been lying outside fermenting under the rain and now in the heat, spreading foul odours and germs” Benjamin Constant, one of the company's vice-presidents, told The National during a visit to Beirut.