Locals
call it
'The Tomb': What's in the
Marshall Islands concrete dome?
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After bombing the
Marshall Islands 67 times between 1946 and 1958, the U.S. buried contaminated material under a
concrete cap.
Locals call it
'The Tomb.' Its rotten innards are leaking into the ocean, and the rising sea levels pose a threat.
Read more in our three-part multimedia series about the
Marshall Islands,
here.
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