Medical Waste; Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware Shorelines
Newark, MD, USA | 2024-Sep-16
Initial Notification: On 16 September 2024, the State of Maryland notified the NOAA SSC about medical wastes coming ashore on Maryland's beaches. Also received USCG reports about medical wastes coming ashore along the northern beaches of Virgina, specifically the Assateague/Chincoteague area. Maryland OSC requested a hindcast.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Other |
| Tags: | Marine Debris |
| Products of concern: | marine debris |
| Latitude (approximate): | 38° 11.77′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 75° 9.53′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Applied |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |