[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE, PREVENTION: Camp Edwards (MA) pyrotechnic grenades

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Guard has explosive idea for training

By George Brennan
Cape Cod Times (MA)
October 17, 2009

CAMP EDWARDS - National Guard Master Sgt. Gary Mauk pulled a cord, 
tossed a small cylinder 20 yards away and turned his back. The small 
explosion, slightly louder than the boom of an M80 firework, startled a 
crowd of bystanders.

That's exactly the kind of reaction the Guard wants its soldiers to 
experience.

The Guard took a first step to reintroduce pyrotechnic hand grenades to 
its arsenal of training tools at the base. On Thursday, the plan was 
presented to the Science Advisory Council, a panel that offers guidance 
to environmental regulators at the Massachusetts Military Reservation.

Before the briefing, Mauk provided a demonstration of the grenades - a 
quick flash, a loud boom and a puff of smoke.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091017/NEWS/910170319/-1/NEWSLETTER100

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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>
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