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| Thanks for bringing this dark chapter of Switzerland on top again! It is definitely not a new story as the somewhat older EF members might remember, again and again has it been wiped under the carpet. My search about the topic resulted in almost 5'000 hits! The fishermen's associaton of Lake Thun requested back in 2004 that those reminders of the Cold War be removed. Has it been done in the meantime? I haven't found corresponding results. Ammunition has not only been dumped in Lake Thun but also in Lake Brienz, Walensee and Vierwaldstättersee.
By the way: Also the NT reported about this topic. See here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/wo...wiss.html?_r=3 | |
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Furthermore, I don't really see in what way waterlogged WW2 ammunition can be dangerous. If explosives can really get into drinking water and kill fish, then all of Londoners must be poisoned by now as there are hundreds of unexploded WW2 bombs gently decomposing in the London clay and that is the very water they drink and even brew beer with.
But take any fact out of context and you have a scare story ...
More than 90% of people die in bed so let's sue bed manufacturers.