Assessment of the environmental and human health risks of the munition dumpsite “Paardenmarkt”. Ghent University
The Paardenmarkt is a dumpsite from World War I (WW I) located in the Belgian part of the North Sea in which approximately 35 tons of conventional and chemical munition are buried. Given the insufficient data on the impact of munition-related chemicals on environmental and human health, it is not possible to reliably assess the state of the dumpsite. The current project aims at addressing some of the current knowledge gaps, with particular ...