[CPEO-MEF] Studying munitions in Hawaii's waters

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Munitions Impact on Ocean Studied

Brooks Baehr
KGMB-9 TV News (HI)
May 30, 2006

Thousands of explosives litter the ocean floor off of Waianae and Maili. 
They were dumped by the military after World War II.

But no one knows for sure whether the munitions are a threat to man or 
the ocean environment.  So beginning Wednesday, May 31, scientists with 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the University of 
Hawaii, and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources will 
survey a five square mile area on behalf of the Department of Defense. 
That area is now known to many as "ordnance reef."

...

But people who fish and recreate in the ocean off Waianae and others who 
live along the coast fear there may be chemical weapons in the water.

...

For the entire story, see
http://kgmb9.com/kgmb/display.cfm?storyID=8370

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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