During a seminar held on Wednesday at Menoufia University about the environmental effects of last month's phosphate spillage into the Nile, geochemistry professor Ahmed al-Kamar said it was not the first tanker to sink in the river.
“Egypt throws 275 million tons of organic waste into the Nile,” he added.
According to the professor, there are 90 irrigation canals and 30 factories, spilling untreated waste directly into the river, in addition to hundreds of boats that spill oil into the water.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
