[CPEO-MEF] Great Lakes lead ammo

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Great Lakes live-fire training raises fears about lead

By Jeff Alexander
Kalamazoo Gazette (MI)
October 17, 2006

The U.S. Coast Guard's plan to establish 34 live-fire weapons-training 
zones on the Great Lakes would make the military agency one of the 
largest sources of the toxic metal lead entering the lakes, according to 
federal data.

Coast Guard personnel would fire up to 430,000 bullets annually in the 
training zones, which are scattered across all five Great Lakes, 
according to government records. Coast Guard officials said the 
live-fire training is needed to protect the Great Lakes region from 
terrorism and other illegal activities.

Critics claim the exercises would turn the Great Lakes into a military 
zone, endanger boaters and others who use the lakes, and potentially 
poison fish and other aquatic life with lead and other toxic metals 
found in bullets.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-20/116109852193120.xml&coll=7

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Lenny Siegel
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