# No boom today, boom tomorrow

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-boom-today-boom-tomorrow/922900>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 14, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-boom-today-boom-tomorrow/922900 "2020-10-14T00:57:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-boom-today-boom-tomorrow/922900/21 "2020-10-15T16:47:18Z")

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> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#):
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> I figured by now, 75 years later, that all the bombs would have been taken care of, but I guess when you fling that much high explosive around for that many years, stuff gets left over

The [Iron Harvest](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_harvest) from WW1 is still very much a thing. Especially when the ordnance contains war chemical agents like [sulfur mustard](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_mustard). [Article](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3125088/Inside-toxic-grave-longest-battle-history-French-forest-300-000-died-300-days-Battle-Verdun-littered-bodies-arsenic-unexploded-shells-grows-100-years.html) on how parts of the Verdun battlefield are still off-limits, due to various UXO and toxic hazards.

It used to be a saying that, “The last victim of WW1 hasn’t been born yet.” May still be true.

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