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Title: Weapons buried at sea is a major threat to marine life: Study
Post by: rangerrebew on November 14, 2016, 04:04:51 pm

Weapons buried at sea is a major threat to marine life: Study
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By Kesavan Unnikrishnan     1 hour ago in Environment

At least one million tons of chemical weapons dumped after the World wars lie rusting on the ocean floor. As the metal rusts away, the toxic chemicals will be exposed threatening marine life around them, scientists warn

In the months following World War I and II, numerous countries dumped thousands of tons of bombs, ammunition, mines and chemical weapons containing some of the world’s most deadly chemicals into the ocean. There are dump sites in waters around the world with several of them undocumented during the dumping operation.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/weapons-buried-at-sea-is-a-major-threat-to-marine-life-study/article/479547#ixzz4Q02hMPqJ

Title: Re: Weapons buried at sea is a major threat to marine life: Study
Post by: andy58-in-nh on November 14, 2016, 04:31:00 pm

Verb tenses that don't match their subject is a major threat to comprehensible language.

Just as news headlines appended by a generic source are a major threat to intelligent reporting.