‘Considerable concern’: Russia dumping tonnes of toxic space fuel in Canada's Arctic waters

With unburned fuel aboard each stage, it’s possible that each launch is dropping as much as eight tonnes of UDMH, some of that fuel vaporizing and misting over Nunavu


By National Post—— Bio and Archives--October 7, 2017

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The Canadian Arctic might be getting showered with trace amounts of poison thanks to Russian space launches which still employ a highly toxic fuel that most of the world has already phased out. The fuel, known as UDMH, has already caused devastating pollution in areas close to former Soviet spaceports. And every time the Russian Federation launches a “Rokot” space vehicle, several tonnes of it might be getting dumped into Canadian waters.-- More...
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