Contaminated by war: A brief history of sea-dumping of munitions. (December 2020)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Contaminated by war: A brief history of sea-dumping of munitions. (December 2020)
- Main Title:
- Contaminated by war: A brief history of sea-dumping of munitions
- Authors:
- Bełdowski, Jacek
Brenner, Matthias
Lehtonen, Kari K. - Abstract:
- Abstract: Munitions introduced to the sea during military activities, including naval combat and mine warfare represent only a fraction of military material present in seas and oceans. Huge amounts of obsolete conventional munitions and chemical munitions were dumped to the sea until 1975, when London convention put a stop of sea dumping. Such munitions are a threat for maritime workers, but also for environment. Corroding shells release toxic degradation products to sediments and bottom water, and unlike other contaminants, they cannot be reduced by land measures. Only removal of source can reduce the contamination. Much work has been done in the last decade, and mechanisms of toxicity and bioaccumulation are being recognized, as well as transport and spreading mechanisms. The full assessment of the risk associated with munitions now depends on broad application of developed techniques.
- Is Part Of:
- Marine environmental research. Volume 162(2020)
- Journal:
- Marine environmental research
- Issue:
- Volume 162(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 162, Issue 2020 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 162
- Issue:
- 2020
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0162-2020-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2020-12
- Subjects:
- Marine pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals
Marine ecology -- Periodicals
Mer -- Pollution -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Périodiques
Écologie marine -- Périodiques
Electronic journals
577.705 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01411136 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105189 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0141-1136
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