A North Sea cargo ship collision has resulted in ongoing fires, prompting fears over potential health and environmental impacts ...

The Solong has empty containers previously used to transport a "hazardous chemical" and is now drifting away, transport minister Mike Kane told the Commons. Meanwhile, a major multinational operation ...

Crew member remains missing from cargo ship ‘carrying sodium cyanide’ that hit oil tanker - The coastguard said the two vessels remain on fire overnight ...

The highly toxic material may have spilled into the water when a tanker collided with a container ship on Monday ...

“It is important to note that the strong currents in the very shallow North Sea may increase mixing and dispersal rates. It's likely the jet fuel would be more persistent than any sodium cyanide ...

At first, concerns were raised over the potential spillage of hazardous chemicals into the North Sea, with the cargo vessel thought to be carrying 15 containers of sodium cyanide, a chemical that ...

An oil tanker carrying jet fuel and a cargo ship packed with highly toxic chemicals collided in the North ... sea, the impact would be disastrous for local wildlife. What is it? Sodium cyanide ...

Sodium cyanide is normally used for industrial cleaning ... Toxic waste spilling into the North Sea could also devastate marine life and sea birds in the nearby Humber estuary, according to ...

"Sodium Cyanide is used widely in metal processing ... It will result in a significant impact in an area of the North Sea which houses important fishing grounds," Dr Boxall adds.