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Scientists descended more than 15,400 feet into the Atlantic and found more than 200,000 barrels of leaking radioactive waste (www.earth.com)
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[โ€“] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Based on the article, several nations used the area for dumping waste in the late 40s through the 60s

Oddly they call out France specifically but nobody else.

Based on the nuclear material found it's likely weapons test waste.

[โ€“] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Probably because France conducted the survey