[HTML][HTML] Nature-based approaches to reducing the environmental risk of organic contaminants resulting from military activities

C Fernandez-Lopez, R Posada-Baquero… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
As is the case with many other industrial activities, the organic contaminants at military-
impacted sites may pose significant hazards to the environment and human health. Given …

Effects of climate change on marine dumped munitions and possible consequence for inhabiting biota

JP Scharsack, D Koske, K Straumer… - Environmental Sciences …, 2021 - Springer
Marine environments are contaminated with enormous amounts of warfare agents due to
military activity and exercise, and the disposal of unused ordnance. Due to corrosion of …

[HTML][HTML] Warship wrecks and their munition cargos as a threat to the marine environment and humans: The V 1302 “JOHN MAHN” from World War II

E Maser, TH Bünning, M Brenner, S Van Haelst… - Science of the total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In addition to endangering sea traffic, cable routes, and wind farms, sunken warship wrecks
with dangerous cargo, fuel, or munitions on board may emerge as point sources for …

Detection of chemical warfare agent related phenylarsenic compounds and multibiomarker responses in cod (Gadus morhua) from munition dumpsites

H Niemikoski, K Straumer, A Ahvo, R Turja… - Marine environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, sea-dumped chemical weapons (CWs) containing toxic chemical warfare agents
(CWAs) have raised international attention. It is well known that CWAs are leaking from …

Metabolism and cytotoxicity of diphenylarsinic acid, a degradation product of sea-dumped chemical warfare agents, in a rainbow trout liver cell line RTL-W1

H Niemikoski, KK Lehtonen, A Ahvo, I Heiskanen… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent studies have found primary degradation products of phenylarsenic chemical warfare
agents (CWAs) accumulating in fish tissues, while the potential effects of these dumped …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of complexes formed between sulphur mustards and arsenic-containing chemical warfare agents

NK Rantanen, M Ljønes, JS Heikkinen, JA Tørnes… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Large quantities of toxic chemical warfare material, such as mixtures of sulphur mustard
(HD) and arsenic-containing chemical warfare agents (As-CWAs) have been submerged in …

Dumping of toxic waste into the oceans

DP Häder - Anthropogenic pollution of aquatic ecosystems, 2021 - Springer
Human development is characterized by discarding items after the end of their useful lifetime
rather than recycling them which stresses the finite resources of our planet. A growing …

Synthesizing the impact of sea-dumped munition and related chemicals on humans and the environment

J Barbosa, J Asselman, CR Janssen - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Marine environments are globally impacted by vast quantities of munition disposed following
both World Wars. Dumped munitions contain conventional explosives, chemicals warfare …

A case study on microlitter and chemical contaminants: Assessing biological effects in the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland (Baltic sea) using the mussel Mytilus …

I Kuprijanov, N Buhhalko, U Eriksson, V Sjöberg… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chemical and microlitter (ML) pollution in three Estonian coastal areas (Baltic Sea) was
investigated using mussels (Mytilus trossulus). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in …

Biomarkers for pollution in caged mussels from three reservoirs in Bulgaria: A pilot study

E Georgieva, L Antal, S Stoyanova, D Arnaudova… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
The mussel-watch concept was firstly proposed in 1975, which was later adopted by several
international monitoring programs worldwide. However, for the very first time, a field …