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Sea-Dumped Chemical Weapons - Aspects, Problems & Solutions: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on 'Sea-Dumped Chemical Munitions', Kaliningrad (Moscow Region), Russia, Jan. 12-15by Alexander V. Kaffka
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The ecological threat posed by the more than 300,000 tonnes of chemical weapons dumped in the sea after the Second World War is one that demands the urgent attention of the international community. The amount dumped represents more than three times as much as the total reported chemical arsenals of the United States and Russia. The munitions were disposed of in the shallow depths of the Northern European seas - where fishing is actively pursued - in close proximity to densely populated coastlines, with no consideration for the long-term consequences. Despite its vital importance, the issue has never been adequately scientifically analyzed. Munitions dumped in the sea are not covered by the Chemical Weapons or other arms control treaties.The NATO Advanced Science Institute held in Kaliningrad in January 1995, the proceedings of which are reported here, was the first attempt at a comprehensive coverage of the problem of chemical munitions dumped in the sea, due attention being paid to chemical, biological, technological and legal aspects.Audience: While a few parts of the book are highly specialised, most of it will interest the general public as well as policy makers, journalists and engineers. This first publication devoted to the environmental problem at the European scale will be an eye opener for millions who never knew of the highly toxic dumps in their own back yard. Book News Annotation:Now that the end of the Cold War allows World War II allies to level
with each other on sensitive issues, they can begin dealing with the
problem of the massive number of chemical weapons that were dumped
into the seas near northern Europe at the end of the war, and have
been turning up since in fishing nets, on holiday beaches, and other
awkward places. The 18 papers consider general aspects such as war
gases and ammunition in the Polish economic zone of the Baltic Sea
and pre-convention liquidation of Soviet chemical weapons;
technological aspects of finding, retrieving, and neutralizing the
weapons; and chemical aspects such as what the weapons might have
been doing on the seabed for the past half century, and the reaction
products of the chemical agents.
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