[CPEO-MEF] Tungsten munitions

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tungsten problem a national issue

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times
December 17, 2006


The trouble with tungsten is not just an Upper Cape problem.

Several million rounds of the tungsten-nylon 5.56 ammunition have been 
fired at Camp Edwards as well as bases across the country. And the 
bullet is just one of at least three dozen tungsten-based armaments in 
the military's arsenal.

Now military researchers are scrutinizing the health and environmental 
implications of tungsten and tungsten-alloy munitions, which are being 
fired in Iraq and training facilities such as Camp Edwards in the United 
States.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/tungstenproblem17.htm

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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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