Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

What the Baltimore Boat Crash Means for Seafood Lovers

5 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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A boat carrying lithium-ion battery parts crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, spilling toxic waste into the river. The contamination threatens the northern Chesapeake Bay, where much of the region's shrimp, scallops, and fish come from.

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The Francisco Key Bridge in Baltimore (as stated in the video).

Toxic waste materials, including lithium-ion battery parts.

A massive release of toxins into the river.

The northern part of the Chesapeake Bay.

Shrimp, scallops, and fish.

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Everybody. I want to briefly talk about the incident where the boat crashed into the Francisco Key Bridge in Baltimore. And I want to talk about a topic about that that's not being discussed, which is what the boat was carrying. What's happening right now. The boat actually was carrying toxic waste materials, including lithium ion battery parts. Not quite sure where it was going, but one of the things that's happened has been a massive release of these toxins into the river up there outside of Baltimore. It's actually been so toxic that it's preventing divers from actually going to the area and figure out what's going on. The issue with this is that's a major inlet to the top. The northern part of the Chesapeake Bay, which just happens to be the biggest bay in the world, happens to be a big source for shrimp, scallops, fish, a whole host of seafood.