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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And you know that it wasn't just the one dump site, or only the US military doing it... The amount of toxic shit tossed in the ocean by every country in the world in the past and currently must be astounding.

Out of sight, out of mind.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

The munitions weren’t even the big part of the linked story to me.

Millions of gallons of DDT were apparently dumped there as well, and not even in barrels, just dumped from tanker barges!

You know, the chemical that fucks the food chain all the way up to the bald eagle and condor?

[–] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Think if we dried them off with a towel or something, they'd still be good? I have a towel somewhere. Hold on.

[–] Beefcyclone@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ahh the good old days when you could just fuck waste off into any old place with zero thought.

[–] highenergyphysics@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

If you think this doesn’t happen anymore, I got some bad news for you hahahaha

[–] ForestOrca@kbin.social 13 points 6 months ago

More on this research project:

Jan 05, 2024
Second Seafloor Survey of Dumpsite off Coast of Southern California Completed
Researchers mapped 135 square miles, found high volume of discarded military munitions
(https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/second-seafloor-survey-dumpsite-coast-southern-california-completed)

and

Chemical Dumpsite Offshore Southern California
(https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ddtcoastaldumpsite)

Publication:
Merrifield, S. T., Celona, S., McCarthy, R. A., Pietruszka, A., Batchelor, H., Hess, R., Nager, A., Young, R., Sadorf, K., Levin, L. A., Valentine, D. L., Conrad, J. E., & Terrill, E. J. (2023). Wide-Area Debris Field and Seabed Characterization of a Deep Ocean Dump Site Surveyed by Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. Environmental Science & Technology, acs.est.3c01256. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c01256

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

And here we thought the DDT was the only issue. Just imagine what's around other WWII naval bases.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

So that's where those California rolls came from!

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 0 points 5 months ago

Reminds me of this gem