re: #812 lawhawk

Some 16 million acres is off limits because of an estimated 12 million unexploded munitions in the vicinity of Verdun.

And they not only have to worry about standard munitions, but chemical weapons that lay buried all over the place (mustard; phosgene, etc.) - and the shells aren’t exactly in tip top shape such that moving them could be potentially hazardous to anyone in the vicinity.

There is an unspoken rule among French farmers in the area. Don’t dig too deep when planting. They are referring to finding human remains.