Fishing crews in the Atlantic keep accidentally dredging up chemical weapons
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美国在1970年前于大西洋沿岸丢弃了约1.7万吨一战和二战遗留化学武器，至今仍对商业捕捞作业造成威胁。2016年至2023年间，新泽西州海岸至少发生三起捕捞船误捞化学武器事件，导致至少六名船员接触可造成皮肤及黏膜化学性灼伤的芥子剂。其中一名船员因呼吸困难和二度烧伤入院治疗，另一名船员伤势严重需接受植皮和康复治疗。
Until 1970, the US dumped an estimated 17,000 tons of unspent chemical weapons from World War I and II off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean—and that disposal decision continues to haunt commercial fishing operations.
In an article published this week in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, health officials from New Jersey and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that there were at least three incidents of commercial fishing crews dredging up dangerous chemical warfare munitions (CWMs) off the coast of New Jersey between 2016 and 2023.
The three incidents exposed at least six crew members to mustard agent, which causes blistering chemical burns on skin and mucous membranes. (An example of these types of burns can be seen here, but be warned, the image is graphic.) One crew member required overnight treatment in an emergency department for respiratory distress and second-degree blistering burns. Another was burned so badly that they were hospitalized in a burn center and required skin grafting and physical therapy.
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