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100 years after WWI the soil between France and Belgium is still contaminated by remnants of war, UXOs and toxic chemical compounds

France and Belgium is still contaminated by remnants of war, UXOs and toxic chemical compounds There is an area a few kilometers out of Verdun where trees do not grow. Only a few lichens and musks survive there. The few in the know call it “La Place à Gaz” (the Gas Place). Hundred of thousands of UXO were brought there at the end of the conflict from the infamous WWI battle fields to be “neutralized”. As a matter of fact,…

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