[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Tungsten auction

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Remaining Tungsten Bullets Auctioned Off

Environmental Update
U.S. Army Environmental center
Fall 2008

Bidding closed Sept. 12 for more than 190,000 pounds of tungsten, 
tungsten-nylon core and completed projectiles remaining from the Army's 
lead-free bullet program. The Army developed a tungsten-nylon mix for 
its M16 ammunition cores as an alternative to lead, but discontinued its 
use in 2006.



For the original newsbrief, see
http://aec.army.mil/usaec/newsroom/update/fall08/fall0805.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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