20 toxic wrecks around Sweden’s coast

20 toxic wrecks around Swedens coast

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Hundreds of wrecks line Sweden’s coasts. Ships in the deep, loaded with chemicals, diesel oil and ammunition in tanks that have already begun to leak. “We focus on the wrecks that would do the most damage,” says investigator Fredrik Lindgren at the Maritime and Water Authority.

check 20 wrecks that constitute an “urgent environmental hazard”
check Wrecked in 1966 – still leaking
check Mustard gas and chemicals

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