BP makes unwanted discovery

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 21 June 2012 22:59 GMT

Workers at BP’s Whiting refinery in Indiana were given a nasty surprise recently when they found two dead monkeys in a crate of valves.

The grisly discovery was made a year after the crate had arrived in a shipping container in Louisiana, where it sat until being dispatched recently to the refinery outside Chicago.

A BP spokesperson said the discovery was reported to authorities, including the Centre for Disease Control, whose guidance the company was following in disposing of the remains.

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