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100 years after WWIn, French soil still contaminated by WWI ammunition, pt 2

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World War I ended 100 years ago. But its effects linger on in north-eastern France, in the form of environmental pollution. Several years ago, researchers discovered that ammunition destruction operations, carried out near Verdun after the war, have left the topsoil contaminated. A discovery that’s particularly affected farmers. Claire Rush has this second report from the rural village of Houdelaucourt-sur-Othain

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