fattyfoods@feddit.nl to collapse@lemmy.zip · 25 days agoScientists descended more than 15,400 feet into the Atlantic and found more than 200,000 barrels of leaking radioactive wastewww.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down15
arrow-up1202arrow-down1external-linkScientists descended more than 15,400 feet into the Atlantic and found more than 200,000 barrels of leaking radioactive wastewww.earth.comfattyfoods@feddit.nl to collapse@lemmy.zip · 25 days agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squareCourtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up42·25 days agoBased on the article, several nations used the area for dumping waste in the late 40s through the 60s Oddly they call out France specifically but nobody else. Based on the nuclear material found it’s likely weapons test waste.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·25 days agoProbably because France conducted the survey
minus-squaremeco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·25 days agoOne mention of the French dumping over 46,000 barrels in the late '60s.
Who dumped it there?
Based on the article, several nations used the area for dumping waste in the late 40s through the 60s
Oddly they call out France specifically but nobody else.
Based on the nuclear material found it’s likely weapons test waste.
Probably because France conducted the survey
One mention of the French dumping over 46,000 barrels in the late '60s.