Current and former air and naval bases have been contaminated by second world war hardware, but the risks are unclear A member of the public walks near Dalgety Bay beach, Scotland. Scientist have warned that unless action is taken to clean up the stretch of shoreline that the beach could become the first stretch of radioactive contaminated land in the United Kingdom. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Ge
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