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At the Bottom of a Forest of the Meuse Extends Since 1928 a Bare Clearing Where Not a Tree Has Repulsed in Almost a Century

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In the heart of the forest of Spincourt in Meuse, a clearing of 1,000 m2 has been desperately bare for almost a century. Called the "Gas Square", this dead land is the result of the destruction of more than 200,000 open-air German chemical shells between 1926 and 1928. An arsenic contamination rediscovered in 2007 revealed a concentration 10,000 times higher than normal. More
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In the heart of the forest of Spincourt in Meuse, a clearing of 1,000 m2 has been desperately bare for almost a century. Called the "Gas Square", this dead land is the result of the destruction of more than 200,000 open-air German chemical shells between 1926 and 1928. An arsenic contamination rediscovered in 2007 revealed a concentration 10,000 times higher than normal. More

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SciencePost broke the news on Monday, August 10, 2026.
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