[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, OCEANS: A sea-dumped munitions treaty?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Long warns of sea-dumped munitions

Canada doesn't seem to believe pollution is problem, former military 
engineer says

By LAURA FRASER
The Chronicle Herald (Nova Scotia)
May 3, 2010

LEITCHES CREEK - Terrance Long has spent much of his life working with 
explosives, both on the land and in the sea.

The former military engineer went to Afghanistan in 1989 to train locals 
about how to remove landmines and create awareness about the extent of 
the problem.

Long says sea-dumped munitions, often explosives thrown from ships 
during the major wars of the last century, pose as much of a threat now 
as landmines once did.

But until recently, there has been little effort to deal with the 
problem in Canada.

Long hopes his recent trip to The Hague as part of an international 
scientific advisory board about sea-dumped munitions will eventually 
result in a global treaty regulating a cleanup. He credits Lithuania and 
Poland for starting the dialogue at the international level.

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For the entire article, see
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1180342.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
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