#Cleantech #Podcast – The cost of war on the soil and the water; Peace, not war for this planet
October 6, 2023 - Investorideas.com, a global news source and leading investor
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Good morning and welcome to
today’s podcast. Today I would like to open up the conversation of the Ukraine
war and war in general and how the legacy is not only a devastating loss of
lives on all sides but also how war impacts the health of the soil and water and
the food sources for the world.
Looking at the impact of
war in general on the planet’s health, an article from MDPI
in Switzerland said
“Chemicals (particularly non-biodegradable elements and compounds) used in
military ammunition and explosives may contaminate soil and surface waters,
which may later cause detrimental impacts on human health and large ecosystems
around the world. As a result, war zones with intense conflict, military
training areas, shooting sports zones, and explosives and ammunition
manufacturing/disposal locations are considered among the major sources of
contamination for terrestrial ecosystems.”
Reuters
reported on the soil damage in the Ukraine
in April, “Scientists looking at soil samples taken from the recaptured Kharkiv
region in northeastern Ukraine found that high concentrations of toxins such as
mercury and arsenic from munitions and fuel are polluting the ground.”
“Using the samples and
satellite imagery, scientists at Ukraine's Institute for Soil Science and
Agrochemistry Research estimated that the war has degraded at least 10.5
million hectares of agricultural land across Ukraine so far, according to the
research shared with Reuters.”
Yale 360 reported earlier this year, “Some 687,000 tons of
petrochemicals have burned as a result of shelling, while nearly 1,600 tons of
pollutants have leaked into bodies of water. Hazardous chemicals have
contaminated around 70 acres of soil. Water and soil pollution could make it
temporarily impossible to grow crops in affected areas, the environment
ministry said. Complicating matters further, some 15 percent of farmland in
Ukraine has been littered with land mines.”
As we continue to fund new
wars, we are still facing the damage of previous wars going back to World War 1
and 11.
Made for Minds reports, “300,000 tons of munitions are rotting away in
the Baltic Sea, damaging fish and marine life and endangering people. Experts
have investigated how dangerous the contaminated sites are and what should be
done with them.”
“Out of sight, out of mind
— after the two world wars, huge quantities of munition were simply dumped in
the Baltic Sea. In some cases not very far from the coast. At that time there
was no concern that these legacies would become a dangerous threat sooner or
later. In German waters alone, the quantity of conventional munition and
chemical warfare agents is estimated at 300,000 tons. For example, the
Kolberger Heide munitions dumping area is located directly outside Kiel - a
restricted area in which around 35,000 tons of sea mines and torpedoes are
located at a maximum depth of twelve metres and within sight of the beach.”
Earth.org says it best ”The worst is that wars just don’t end with a
signed agreement between the fighting countries; many regions affected by war
are not expected to recover for decades, forcing people to fight for a better
life with limited resources and a damaged environment which they depend on.”
For every person that says
they support the war in the Ukraine or any other war, especially the
politicians that fund it, ask yourself are you willing to take off your comfortable
suit and go stand and fight on their soil tomorrow? Can you witness and participate in all of its
legacy?
How can politicians preach
climate change and then fund war?
I vote for peace, not war
for the people, the land, the water, this beautiful planet and all the living
things upon it.
Thanks, that’s it for today. Do something good for this beautiful planet
each and every day.
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tell your story please call me at 800 665 0411
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