[CPEO-MEF] THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY OF THE COLD WAR

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THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY
OF THE COLD WAR

Dr. Jean-Marie Cadiou NATO'S Assistant Secretary General for Scientific
and Environmental Affairs Experts are only now beginning to recognize the
true extent of the massive environmental damage resulting from military
activities during the Cold War. These activities, particularly in Central
and Eastern Europe and in parts of the former Soviet Union, have caused
such formidable damage to the environment, to human health and perhaps even
to the human genotype, that the consequences will be felt for decades, and
in instances of some forms of radioactive contamination, for much longer.
Unfortunately, none of our nations is untouched by contaminated military
sites, devastated landscapes, polluted groundwater or injured biota. All of
us, in both East and West, must live with the damage that is spread in our
oceans and atmosphere.

Complete article from NATO Review found at:

http://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/9305-7.htm


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