https://www.naturalnews.com/2025-12-23-toxic-polluting-shipwrecks-clean-up.html
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Beneath the waves of the world's oceans lies a hidden environmental crisis, a toxic legacy of 20th-century conflicts that is slowly corroding and threatening to poison marine ecosystems. New research and data aggregation reveal that more than 8,500 potentially polluting shipwrecks litter the seafloor, containing an estimated 20.4 million metric tons of oil and hazardous substances. The majority, over 75%, stem from World War II, concentrated in regions like the South Pacific and North Atlantic. These wrecks are not just historical relics; they are ticking ecological time bombs, and under current international law, no one is legally obligated to clean them up..."
