[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, CHEMWEAPONS: Underwater off Pearl Harbor (HI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Munitions litter ocean bottom

By William Cole
Honolulu Advertiser
March 10, 2009

The University of Hawai'i yesterday said it has found "hundreds" of 
munitions on the ocean floor about six miles south of Pearl Harbor, as 
it continues to use deep-diving submersibles to search for tons of 
chemical weapons dumped during and after World War II.

The military, with UH's help, plans to test water and sediment samples 
from the sticky mud bottom in about 1,500 feet of water for the presence 
of chemical agents.

Researchers on the UH submersibles Pisces IV and V haven't located the 
main cache of chemical weapons, but still have 10 more dives as part of 
2 1/2 weeks of underwater study. Remotely operated vehicles also are 
being used.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090310/NEWS08/903100323/1018

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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
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