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There was a minefield laid between Scotland and Norway in WW1 and then a similar one laid in WW2. There are potentially over 100,000 devices still out there from what I remember reading.

We also dumped an awful lot of nasty stuff in Beaufort's Dyke, a trench in the Irish Sea.

Another reply mentioned the Porton Down TV documentary, that is well worth watching.




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