Researchers are studying alternatives to TNT and other conventional explosives that would be more powerful and safer to use. Explosives currently being used - by the military, as well as by mining and other industries - release toxic gases when detonated. "Unexploded ordnance" (explosive weapons that didn’t detonate) is also a major polluter.

Using new materials that derive explosive energy from nitrogen instead of carbon, German scientists have developed experimental bombs that create fewer toxic byproducts. They are also less likely to explode accidentally if mishandled.

(Source: LiveScience)

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