Unexploded ordnance still haunts Okinawa 80 years after WWII battle

Unexploded ordnance still haunts Okinawa 80 years after WWII battle

Despite decades of clearance efforts, roughly 1,900 metric tons of deadly remnants are estimated to remain buried beneath the land.

WWII Ordnance Is Polluting the Baltic Sea

More than 1 million metric tons of discarded munitions lie scattered across the floors of the North and Baltic seas. As these devices corrode, they are releasing carcinogens and other toxins into the marine environment. Scientists monitoring pollution have found that these chemicals are now ubiquitous in some German Baltic waters. Most of the explosives were dumped intentionally at the end of World War II, when Allied nations, burdened with mass…

Disposal of an unexploded American-made 5-inch naval gun shell found at a construction site in Sobe 2-chome, Naha City will begin at 10:20 am on the 5th. Approximately 120 people from about 40 households and two businesses within a 25.5 meter radius of the site will be evacuated. The evacuation is scheduled to be completed by 11:20 am. Traffic restrictions will be in place in the surrounding area from 10:15 am on the same day.