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Pollution during military occupation

  • Environmental consequences of stationed troops

Incidence

Soviet troops stationed in Eastern and Central European countries polluted the land and water of those countries with radioactivity,toxins and hydrocarbons. The cost to Poland is 3 billion zlotys, and similar figures are assumed for Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. The damage is thought to be worst in East Germany.

Soviet troops stationed in Hungary since crushing the uprising in 1956 until 1991, polluted 40 per cent of the country's ground water and caused more than £420 million worth of damage. Soviet soldiers also left behind some 26 million cubic feet of polluted soil and 2.6 million cubic feet of building rubble and dangerous waste bulldozed into the ground.

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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean EnergySustainable Development Goal #15: Life on LandSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • Societal problems » Pollution
  • Defence » Military
  • Defence » Military forces » Military forces
  • Environment » Environment
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024