The Baltic has seen some incredible amounts of abuse over the years. It doesn't stop at the massive amounts of conventional munitions like bombs and naval mines

The Baltic has seen some incredible amounts of abuse over the years. It doesn't stop at the massive amounts of conventional munitions like bombs and naval mines, nor even at the chemical weapons. The Swedish nuclear weapons program dumped several hundred barrels of intermediate-level radioactive waste in the Baltic during the 50's and 60's. Then there's the environmental problems, where the Baltic has it all, really. There are severe eutrophication and oxygen depletion issues, but of course it doesn't end there. It's just severely polluted with everything from heavy metals like mercury and cadmium to persistent organic pollutants like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's), various other dioxins and dioxin-likes, DDT... the list goes on. The Swedish food agency recommends that children, adolescents, women who breastfeed or are or intend to become pregnant should not eat fish from the Baltic more than twice a year.