Marine pollution bulletin
Low levels of munition compounds in commercially-available seafood from the North Sea and Baltic Sea pose limited risk to human seafood consumers.
Tabea Mumberg, Aaron J Beck, María Martínez-Cabanas, Kathleen J Gosnell, Martha Gledhill, Eric P Achterberg
Published: 202610.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.119281
Abstract
Relic munitions from World Wars I and II contaminate coastal waters worldwide. Toxic chemicals such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) from underwater munitions (munition compounds, MCs) pose a risk to marine ecosystems and potentially human seafood cons…
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