[CPEO-MEF] Offshore chemical weapons dumps

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

House takes on Army's offshore dumping
Federal legislators vote to require the military to study the health 
impact of ocean-dumped chemical weapons.

BY JOHN M.R. BULL
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
May 11, 2006

The military would have to conduct an in-depth study of the potential 
harm caused by chemical weapons the Army dumped off the country's 
coastlines decades ago under a bill moving through Congress.

The House voted Wednesday to require a full epidemiological study to 
determine whether people have been harmed, or could be harmed, by 
leaking mustard and nerve gas dumped over the span of 50 years.

The amendment to the annual defense spending bill was sparked by a Daily 
Press investigation that revealed that the Army dumped at least 64 
million pounds of chemical weapons - including bombs and rockets - in 
dozens of dumpsites that virtually circle the country. The amendment was 
introduced by U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews, a New Jersey Democrat.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-23762sy0may11,0,6232617.story?coll=dp-news-local-final

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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