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Visit http://www.yachts123.com for more Boats & Yachts Videos and Reviews....Vitantonio Tedesco, Fisherman"We've suffered burns on the hands, skin inflammation, conjunctivitis, respiratoryproblems ... It's become almost impossible to continue our kind of fishing. We'vebeen facing this problem for 10 years now, and it's getting worse every year We'vereached the point where there's a risk of a real shortage"This is Molfetta, a small seaside village in south-eastern Italy, on the Adriatic.Vitantonio Tedesco is a fisherman. He's been burned by mustard gas.In the Adriatic as in many other seas, the sea-bed is littered with thousands of mines, bombs and other munitions lostor abandoned at the end of the two world wars.Because of the risk of explosion or release of toxic chemicals, these munitions posea constant danger to shipping, to the population at large, to fishermen, but also to the environment and the foodchain.As well as pursuing efforts to combat piracy, arms trafficking, drug trafficking and terrorism, NATO is working toreduce this threat too. That is the mission of the NATOUndersea Research Centre, known as the NURC.ITW Lt.Cdr. Robin Cornick, Mine Warfare Officer, NATO Undersea Research