[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, DISPOSAL: War Zone "toxic mess"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Report: Army making toxic mess in war zones

By Kelly Kennedy
Navy Times
October 3, 2008
The U.S. Army is creating a toxic mess in Afghanistan and Iraq, 
according to a new report that details cases of hazardous waste dumped 
in ditches, soldiers setting up tents on top of fuel spills and service 
members exposed to cyanide gas during overseas deployments.

The report by the Rand Corp. think tank also says the Defense Department 
has no overarching policy to ensure environmental mishaps in Iraq and 
Afghanistan don't harm troops' health, create political disputes and 
avoid costly clean-up efforts when it's time to leave those countries.

"If not properly addressed in planning or operations, environmental 
considerations can make it more difficult for the Army to sustain the 
mission - yet environmental considerations are not well incorporated 
into Army planning or operations in any phase of an operation," states 
the report, released in late September by the Rand Arroyo Center, a 
federally funded research and development center that supports the Army.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/military_toxiciraq_100208w/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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