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"Our expectations were we'd find fragments of barrels along all these debris lines."

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The findings are from the La Jolla institute's second seafloor survey and are part of a larger project to assess the impact of DDT and other pollutants on the environment.

From Environment News Service / Jan. 7, 2024 Tons of munitions, DDT and petrochemicals were dumped for decades in deep ocean basins off the coast of Los Angeles, scientists from three California universities are discovering. This dumping is known to have happened from the 1940s until 1972, when the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act,…

A new study from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography performed a seafloor survey that found a large amount of discarded military munitions.

It’s not just toxic chemical waste and mysterious barrels that litter the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles. Oceanographers now discovered what appears to be a massive dumping ground of military weaponry. As part of an unprecedented effort to map and better understand the history of ocean dumping in the region, scientists found a multitude of discarded munition boxes, smoke floats and depth charges lurking 3,000 feet underwater. Most appear to be from the World War II era, and its uncl...

Munitions, DDT and chemicals were deliberately dumped in the ocean from Los Angeles to Catalina Island for decades from the 1940s to 1972. They are still there.

The findings are from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's second seafloor survey and are part of a larger project to assess the impact of DDT and other harmful pollutants on the environment

"It’s not just toxic chemical waste and mysterious barrels that litter the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles. Oceanographers have now discovered what appears to be a massive dumping ground of military weaponry."

The findings are from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's second seafloor survey and are part of a larger project to assess the impact of DDT and other harmful pollutants on the environment