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Wars and battles have long been a place in which chemicals are used against enemy forces.
They are effective, dangerous and unseen, making them a silent and deadly killer. The effects of
chemical warfare are obvious when examining the immediate outcome: the death of humans as
well as other living organisms, yet what is unseen are the effects that will rear themselves down the
road. This paper will examine a brief history of man’s use of chemical weapons and machines,
their effects on the environment and how this issue has begun to be dealt with.
The environment has long been one way that civilizations have found to wage war with
one another. To destroy an enemies lands and create an unfruitful, damaged wasteland is one
of the many tactics and strategies of winning a war. Some of the more ancient examples of
these methods include the destruction of the city of Carthage by the Romans during the Third
Punic War. The lands were salted by the Romans in hopes that nothing......

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