[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: "Over 200 sites across [British Columbia, Canada] could hide live munitions"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Over 200 sites across B.C. could hide live munitions


By Zoe McKnight and Kelly Sinoski
Vancouver Sun (BC)
June 17, 2013

Unexploded bombs, flares, grenades and various other pyrotechnics may  
be buried at more than 200 sites in B.C. or dumped along the coast,  
according to Department of National Defence data obtained by The  
Vancouver Sun.

The military remnants, some of which may date as far back as the  
First World War and also include mortars, ammunition and rockets, can  
be found at 143 sites from Vancouver Island to Fort Nelson, mainly in  
former military testing areas and firing ranges, along with 58  
underwater sites along the Pacific coastline.

And they pose a potential threat to some of B.C.’s tourism hot spots  
like Tofino, the Gulf Islands and the Okanagan, as well as Vancouver  
beaches such as Jericho.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Over+sites+across+could+hide+live 
+munitions/8538881/story.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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