Below is a Selection of Newspaper stories that might have
influenced DOOMWATCH stories... 200,000 TONS OF GAS DUMPED IN
SEA BY BRITAIN At the end of the Second World War, up to 200,000
tonnes of chemical weapons were dumped in the seas around the
world. Britain dumped in the Baltic, the North Sea, Irish sea,
and around the Channel Isles. Chemical involved were
Organophosphorus nerve agents, mustard gas, and blistering
agents. Some were tossed overboard, others packed into ships
which were then scuttled or blown up. These are now beginning to
breach their containment. One Russian scientist believes that
the containers are all at a critical stage of thinning and that
rather than expecting a gradual release, there may be a
catastrophic surge in release. Containers are occasionally
dredged up by fishing nets, endangering the health of fishers.
At lease 7 fishers have had to be hospitalised after their nets
brought up mustard gas residues. The chemicals will adversely
affect the health of the marine ecosystem, con