mine and munitions knock down in the oceans during 20th one C war could still kill you today . Atlantic inter - governmental organisationOSPARhelped put together this map of knock down munitions in coastal Atlantic waters . It ’s not pretty .
According to OSPAR ’s Quality Status Report :
Brobdingnagian amounts of munitions were dumped at designated site or every which way jettison into the sea follow the First and Second World Wars . These included established munitions such as bombs , grenade , torpedoes and mines , as well as incendiary machine and chemic arms .
The presence of munitions in the sea is a endangerment to fishermen and coastal user . As recently as 2005 , three fisher were kill in the southerly North Sea when a Second World War bomb exploded on their sportfishing vas after having been caught in their nets . There are also concerns over the many chemicals used in the munitions , which may be released as the ordnance degrade with the possibility of risks for the nautical food chain .
Read the whole report on underprice munitions viaOSPAR QSR
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