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> The job was to find possible explosives and ammunition that may have been dumped in the lake by an ammunition factory which is said to have done so between th
by johnohara 4y ago
> The job was to find possible explosives and ammunition that may have been dumped in the lake by an ammunition factory which is said to have done so between the 1940s and up until the 70s.
I know the operative word here is "possible," but what kind of discussion decides this is the best option for disposing of ordinance over a period of thirty years?
- hammock 4y agoThe US did it for much longer off the coast of Southern California and other places
- walthamstow 4y agoSee also: Beaufort's Dyke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort%27s_Dyke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort%27s_Dyke
- foreigner 4y agoAlso nuclear waste!
- daveslash 4y agoAnd DDT! [0] “This mission confirms my worst fear: that possibly hundreds of thousands of barrels and DDT-laced sediment were dumped just 12 miles off our coast,” said Feinstein, [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26950433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26950433
- MattGaiser 4y agoThe idea that the ocean isn't a endless void only really came about in the 1960s and 70s.