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The episode discusses the impact of weapons contamination, particularly landmines and drones, on civilian populations and agriculture in conflict zones.
Send us Fan Mail On Inside Geneva, we look at weapons contamination and the harm it causes. “We have at least one casualty every single day in Afghanistan – someone killed or injured –and it is most likely a child,” says Nick Pond, from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. From old conflicts to new. “Ukraine is the breadbasket of Europe and billions of square metres of land are suspected to be contaminated, which means they can’t be farmed,” says Paul Heslop, from the UN Mine Actio...
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