Over 50 thousand tonnes of German Nazi chemical weapons were sank in the Baltic Sea during World War Two told Chief Environment Inspector Andrzej Jagusiewicz.
The weapons contain highly hazardous substances such as mustard gas and phosgene.
Andrzej Jagusiewicz stressed that the problem should be elevated to the global level and said that political arrangements should be made at the UN and NATO fora.
It is estimated that some 300 thousand tonnes of German Nazi chemical weapons were sunk after WW2, mainly in the North and Baltic Seas.
The risk that the containers will one day lose their water-tightness is growing, according to Poland's Environment Inspectorate.
This poses a risk to the Baltic's wildlife, Jagusiewicz noted.
The conference was also attended by Terrance Long, the chairman of International Dialogue on Underwater Munitions. According to him, there is a technology that allows for safe utilisation of chemical weapons.
Jagusiewicz suggested that the issue should be raised at the Third Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention in The Hague in April 2013.
Source: PAP - Science and Scholarship in Poland
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