[CPEO-MEF] Search for chem weapons dump off Hawai'i

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

UH, Army to scour for bombs in ocean

By Gregg K. Kakesako
Honolulu Star Bulletin.com

The Army will again partner with the University of Hawaii this August on 
a $2.3 million underwater survey to try to pinpoint the location of 
nearly 600 tons of chemical weapons believed to have been dumped five 
miles south of Pearl Harbor in 1944.

Eric De Carlo, UH oceanography professor, said the more extensive part 
of the underwater survey will involve the use of the Hawaii Undersea 
Research Laboratory submersibles Pisces IV and Pisces V in November.

The Army says it believes that 16,000 M47A2 bombs containing nearly 600 
tons of mustard agent were dumped in the area around Oct. 1, 1944. Each 
chemical bomb weighs 100 pounds and is nearly 32 inches long. The depth 
in the areas is estimated at between 1,000 and 1,500 feet.

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http://starbulletin.com/2007/05/25/news/story07.html

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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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