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Article: THE TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF EXPLOSIVES ON PLANTS, AND THE EFFECTS ON SOIL FROM REMOVING BURIED MINES BY DEMINING VEHICLES (CONVERTED MILITARY TANKS).
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- Industrial Environment
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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This translation from Norway (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment) concerns the toxic effects of explosives residues in soil on plants, and the harmful effects from the use of demining vehicles (converted military tanks) to rid an agricultural area of buried mines.
There is evidence for TNT and RDX uptake in plants. The amount of the explosives taken up by plants varies among species, and is dependent on the concentration of the explosives residues in the soil. Demining vehicles may produce adverse effects on cultivated land in arid and semi arid areas; a harrowing of the soil in arid regions may also lead to erosion problems, dependent on the size of the ...