[CPEO-MEF] Chem weapons off Hawai'is shores

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Answers sought on weapons dumping 


By Jan TenBruggencate
Honolulu Advertiser 
November 15, 2005


Members of Congress, the state, the city and environmental groups are
joining a growing chorus demanding answers about the status of thousands
of tons of chemical weapons that were dumped in waters off south O'ahu
after World War II.

Both Reps. Neil Abercrombie and Ed Case are calling for an official
inquiry, and are scheduled to be briefed by the Army this week in Washington.

Local congressmen are not the only ones pushing for answers into the
Army's practice of dumping of chemicals in waters off at least 11
states, including Hawai'i.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051115/NEWS01/511150338/1001/NEWS

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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