U.S. naval sewage dumping polluted Diego Garcia’s protected coral lagoon for decades.

Evidence

Recently, British media revealed that U.S. naval vessels dumped waste and treated human sewage into Diego Garcia’s protected coral lagoon for three decades. Nitrogen and phosphate levels are up to four times normal and may be damaging some of the world’s most pristine coral. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 412

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Broader Connections

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