[CPEO-MEF] "Military uranium risk to Hawaii debated"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military uranium risk to Hawaii debated
	
By William Cole
The Honolulu  Advertiser
August 30, 2007


The Army yesterday downplayed the possible health risk of depleted 
uranium as it continues to assess levels found at military training 
ranges on O'ahu and the Big Island, saying the weak radioactive material 
is isolated at target sites.

The heavy metal was used in aiming, or "spotting" rounds for a 1960s 
weapon system called the Davy Crockett that could fire a 76-pound 
nuclear bomb.

A panel of experts representing local, state, national and federal 
agencies gathered at Schofield Barracks yesterday to discuss depleted 
uranium use in Hawai'i.

"The Army takes very seriously its roles and responsibilities with 
regards to this discovery," said Col. Matthew Margotta, commander of 
U.S. Army Garrison, Hawai'i.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070830/NEWS08/708300337/1001/NEWS08

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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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