Inquiry after waste solvent falls from lorry

PHARMACEUTICAL giant Pfizer has launched an investigation into the loss of three potentially harmful solvent containers which fell from a vehicle transporting them for testing.

The company became aware of the loss last Tuesday when its waste disposal service provider Veolia confirmed that three sample bottles of waste solvent had fallen from one of its vehicles on the Ringaskiddy to Fermoy road.

A Pfizer spokeswoman said Veolia immediately conducted a search of the area, recovering one of the bottles and continued a search for the remaining two samples.