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Weapons of mass destruction aren’t new. Between the Second World War and the 1970’s millions of tons of chemical weapons and munitions were dumped into the ocean and forgotten along with more than a few nuclear bombs.

Just outside Halifax Harbor, munitions and explosives dumps lay alongside torpedoes and mustard gas dumps. A mustard gas dump within 300 Kilometers of our city! The undersea problem is not unique to Canada. The Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Great Britain, Ireland and Germany have reported injuries and deaths of those who had the misfortune of coming across these relics on the sea bottom.

Today, a new awareness of the ocean’s importance inspires efforts to rediscover these lethal time capsules. Buried at Sea assesses the damage and explores what, if anything, can be done to clean-up our global mess.