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Sim Chong You, from Jr3Z(6), was Thereafter, Chong You talked about
the Speaker up next. He explained the organisations that helped to reduce the
environmental impacts found after a war. damage done during war. He talked
In terms of water pollution, chemical about landmine removal squads in

spills and abandoned artillery take the Vietnam, where they would either check
cake, especially in the Baltic Sea, which for mines manually or train rats to detect
is known as the most polluted ocean the chemicals in landmines. Aside from
in the world. On land, the destruction that, he also brought up the United

caused after a war may litter entire Nations, a global organisation that
cities in debris, rubble, broken tiles and helped countries like Iraq and Baghdad
splinters. Such destruction was said to reduce pollution and cyanides found
happen especially after bombings and after war. They also passed several laws

airstrikes, like the ones that happened stating that chemical products could Russia-Ukraine War Environmental Impacts
in Mosul (Iraq), Yemen, Nagasaki only be used under certain discretions. Before ending off the webinar, Chong You briefly spoke about some additional
(Japan), Hiroshima (Japan) etc. These information, including the reasons war still happens even though it causes this
bombs causes air pollution too, such as Apart from that, the participants were much destruction. Besides that, he explained that any countries involved in the war

depleted uranium bombs that release also given a real-life example of how war were the countries that are responsible for cleaning up the mess. They will send
poisonous gas, which may cause harmful can impact the environment. Chong unarmed “clean-up” soldiers to clear the rubble and debris. Some citizens were also
effects in child development as well. You brought up the on-going Russia- said to have created recycled art out of empty bomb shells or metal barrels.
Ukraine War where several states in

Chong You also explained how war Ukraine have been heavily polluted due
impacts the lives of living organisms. to the invasions. States like Chernobyl
For starters, nuclear weapon emissions and Brovary have been reported to hold

cause acid rain, and acid rain has a lower high levels of radiation, along with oil
pH level than needed, which will lead to spills in several other areas. Due to
plants dying. Infestations could also be river pollution, most citizens do not
caused by animals that follow soldiers even have clean drinking water. The
to different countries. This leads to an speaker also talked about how over 20

imbalance in local ecosystems and could national conservatories and protected
endanger other species. Along with habitats have been destroyed over the
that, some countries were said to have course of the war. Carbon emissions

destroyed whole forests using chemical and forest fires are among the list of
gases in order to see enemy soldiers air pollutants as well. It was stated that Recycled Art made of Bomb Shells
better in cleared land. The speaker also the weather in Ukraine increased by The webinar then ended off with a quick summary by the speakers and a group
mentioned that illegal poaching and approximately 0.7 °C, and that rain photo to document the event.
logging was on the rise during warfare. levels have been decreasing, along

with the loss of many fertilised lands.

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