France is one of those countries that attracts a huge number of tourists. Many parts of this land are reminiscent of a fairy tale in their architecture and aesthetics. However, there are places in France that do not at all correspond to the standard of a tourist paradise. Naturally, few people know about them. For example, about the village of Duomon.
A little over 100 years ago, the village of Duomon was a wonderful place, but for a very long time this place has been a "red zone". It is closed to the public. The village and the surrounding area are surrounded by a fence with warning signs about the danger of entering the exclusion zone. Residents of the countries of the former USSR know firsthand what it is. The Chernobyl tragedy will hang a threatening shadow over Europe for a long time.
However, if the Chernobyl zone is the result of an emergency, then the catastrophe with the village of Duomon occurred due to the purposeful actions of people. The fact is that in 1916 this settlement was one of the most important battlefields of the Battle of Verdun - the bloodiest, most dramatic and large-scale battle of the First World War.
These lands were not just ravaged and devastated by the war. They are really poisoned. This is due to the chemical weapons that were massively used by all countries in that war.
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It is highly discouraged to visit the zone. Only environmental scientists are frequent guests here. According to the latest data, the soil around Duomon is so poisoned that the share of arsenic alone is 300 times higher than the norm. Even if this area is completely cleaned, it will become habitable only in 300-700 years, experts predict. Swimming in local waters is also prohibited.
It only remains for Novate.ru to add that the fate of Duomon is an excellent illustration of the answer to the question of why, in fact, all countries abandoned the use of chemical weapons after the First World War and did not actually use them during the years of even more bloody and inhuman World War II. war. What is the use of the captured land if bread does not grow on it for another thousand years.