Toxic Peace: War’s Environmental Afterlife
A child fills a metal container from a deceptively clean water source. But the water carries heavy metals leached from shattered piping and chemical residues from a bombardment that occurred months ago. The war that caused this contamination may have already moved its frontlines elsewhere, or even signed a ceasefire. Yet its effects remain, entering bodies and shaping the genetic future of a generation. We are conditioned to measure war in immediate, visible metrics: casualties, territorial...
