Solomon Islands residents live in fear of WWII bomb explosions
Asia - South China Morning Post
April 3, 2026
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After playing in a forested area in the Solomon Islands, Billy’s children often break out in rashes or itchy boils at home. A few years ago, the family became dizzy, suffered headaches and vomited – they believed it was due to the clams from nearby mangrove beds that they had eaten.
“It was lucky that we stopped the children from eating them,” said Billy, whose family lives a hand-to-mouth existence in the village of Yandina in the Russell Islands.
The 50-year-old farmer suspected that...