Cold War waste fouls the Clyde

摘要

Toxic waste thrown overboard by the US Navy has transformed Holy Loch on the Clyde estuary into one of the dirtiest stretches of coastal water in the world, according to reports commissioned by Britain's Ministry of Defence. But MoD plans to clean up the Scottish loch, which was a US nuclear submarine base until five years ago, could make the problem even worse by threatening human health, says one of Britain's leading marine scientists.