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People still find unexploded WW1 munitions on the Isonzo front in the Alps. Regular iron harvests in Verdun too.
by Swizec 2y ago
People still find unexploded WW1 munitions on the Isonzo front in the Alps. Regular iron harvests in Verdun too.
- jabl 2y agoIn France and Belgium, they dig up something like 900 tons on WWI munitions per year. At this pace they estimate that they're done in another 300-700 years. And the decomposing shells leach nasty stuff like mercury and arsenic, poisoning the soil. https://www.messynessychic.com/2015/05/26/the-real-no-go-zone-of-france-a-forbidden-no-mans-land-poisoned-by-war/ https://www.messynessychic.com/2015/05/26/the-real-no-go-zon...