Eleuthera, The Bahamas -- On December 7, the Ministry of the Environment organised a delegation of DEHS Inspectors and Environmental experts to visit the BEC site in Eleuthera and assess the 70,000 gallon diesel spillage that amassed into a lake of toxic and highly flammable fumes near the Coastal shoreline.

 An investigation is currently pending into how and why the rust coloured substance leaked out from and is sitting in pools underneath decommissioned storage tanks.  The fuel ended up spilling into a lake of diesel that was being vacuumed into plastic storage tanks to be shipped back to Nassau for treatment.     "The purpose of my visit here is to really get an understanding of the impact of the oil spill.  We've been receiving reports since the time of the incident, and ...