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US leaves rusty and toxic legacy at abandoned Greenland bases

Original: → See the # USA 's rusty and toxic legacy in # Greenland https:// politiken.dk/edition/news/art1 0896956/See-the-USAs-ru

Danish newspaper Politiken documents severe contamination left behind by former US military installations in Greenland, describing pollution so severe that a strong odor of oil could still be detected at the sites decades later. Rusting equipment, fuel spills and toxic waste from Cold War-era bases remain in the Arctic terrain, drawing renewed attention as Greenland's strategic importance and US interest in the island come back into focus.

Why now: Renewed US interest in Greenland has put past American military pollution there back in the spotlight.

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• → See the # USA 's rusty and toxic legacy in # Greenland https:// politiken.dk/edition/news/art1 0896956/See-the-USAs-rusty-and-toxic-legacy-in-Greenland “The # contamination was "so severe that a strong odor of # oil could still be detected at the site" […].” “We have a… · homlett@mamot.fr · 5

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