Unexploded ordnance has become an ocean time bomb

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Mines and bombs dating back to the second world war are a growing threat to marine lives and coastal communities.

Maser has run experiments in the Baltic to expose mussels to corroding mines placed there by the British navy in the 1940s, and to chunks of TNT that have fallen out of them.

As they corrode and leak in the deep waters off this part of the Solomon Islands archipelago, chemicals such as heavy metals and hydrocarbons leach into the marine environment.

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Author / Journalist: David Adam

Category: EconomyBusiness

Markets: SingaporeGermanyJapanPalauSolomon Islands

Topics: Oceans Hazardous waste Research Marine Wastewater Pollution

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Published On: 2024-08-19 @ 02:45:00 (15 hours ago)

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