Furthermore, unexploded weapons, ordnance, and sunken barges litter the floor of the Caribbean Sea. Testing done in the Icacos Lagoon showed concentrations of cadmium in crabs to be 1,000 times higher than the World Health Organization's "tolerable ingestion maximum dosage."
Moreover, the Caribbean Sea floor is heavily polluted with unexploded arms, munitions, and sunken barges. Research in the Icacos Lagoon found that crabs have an extremely high level of cadmium, 1,000 times more than the World Health Organization's recommended safe intake.