2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: "Laura Olah" <cswab@merr.com>
Date: 4 Aug 2007 03:31:18 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] ABC News report on Underwater Munitions
 

Please post and distribute:

 

Story from ABC News: Underwater Ticking Bomb?

July 30, 2007 1:17 PM

 

Alexandra Bahou Reports:

 

The oceans may have become ticking time bombs after years of U.S. military dumping have gone almost virtually unregulated, according to government documents. 

 

Legislation on the books for this fiscal year requires that the secretary of defense issue a yearly report naming the location and quantity of the dumped military munitions in U.S. waters. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 also mandates sampling and water analysis be done around the disposal sites selected by the secretary. The size of the dump sites as well as the types and quantities of military munitions should also be identified.

 

"The U.S. Army and DoD (Department of Defense) are working deliberately with other federal agencies to verify locations and dates of military sea disposal operations," an Army spokesperson said of the upcoming report to Congress.

 

But the problem isn't new. From World War I to the early 1970s, the United States Army has admitted to dumping an estimated 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard agents into U.S. waters alone, according to military documents.

 

To read the complete story,  go to:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/07/underwater-tick.html

 

 

 

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Laura Olah, Executive Director

Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger

E12629 Weigand's Bay South

Merrimac, WI  53561

(608)643-3124

Email: info@cswab.org

Website: www.cswab.org

 

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