The Environmental Protection Ministry fines Gadiv Petrochemical Industries NIS 2.9 million ($800,000) for allowing cancerous and polluting substances to leak from pipes onto land and into the Mediterranean Sea.
The ministry says the January 2019 incident, contravenes the factory’s toxin permit and the Hazardous Materials Law.
The materials turned out to be volatile organic solvents, including benzene — which is known to be carcinogenic — toluene and xylene.
Gadiv forms part of the Bazan petrochemical conglomerate located in Haifa Bay in northern Israel in one of the most densely populated areas of the country.
Bazan’s refinery imports crude oil to make a range of refined products (distillates) for industry, transport and agriculture. Subsidiaries make products ranging from bitumen for road surfaces to waxes, oils, lubricants and polymers.
Both Bazan and its subsidiaries – including Gadiv – have been fined multiple times for polluting the environment.
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