Ever heard of the Aral Sea? I thought not.
What if we told you that the third-largest lake in the world was turned into a poisonous desert in less than a generation, all by the malicious misuse of biochemical weaponry?
Yeah, it’s crazy. But the raging nations are capable of much when power and profit are in their grasp.
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