Dumped German wartime munitions are a 'timebomb in the Baltic'

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This article from Scotsman.com may be of interest for divers in the countries around the Baltic Sea:

Scotsman.com News - Dumped German wartime munitions are a 'timebomb in the Baltic'

EXPERTS in Germany and Scandinavia are warning of an environmental catastrophe in the Baltic, as thousands of tons of ammunition dumped after the Second World War begin to wash up on shorelines.

Last year, some 6,000lb of bombs - many of them gas shells - were fished up by trawlers. Many crew suffered serious burns as a result.

The Baltic became a dumping ground for munitions left over by Hitler's armies, and seismologists in several countries have charted underground blasts in the past two years as the explosives shift, become ever more unstable and finally detonate.
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