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There’s a strip across France, the zone rouge, that’s too contaminated to farm because of WW1. There’s not even any effort to remove un exploded ordnance becaus
by willyt 2y ago
There’s a strip across France, the zone rouge, that’s too contaminated to farm because of WW1. There’s not even any effort to remove un exploded ordnance because the contamination means the land is unusable.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_rouge https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_rouge
- KptMarchewa 2y agoIf you look at google maps on images, there is farmland over much of the "red" zone, for example east of Arras.
- goodcanadian 2y agoThe zone rouge was defined immediately after the end of the war at a time when a devastated country was trying to rebuild. At the time, it made sense to say, "don't even waste your time here." In the intervening century, some of it has been cleaned up and rehabilitated. There are still areas that are too poisoned to grow food, though.