[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, HEALTH: Vieques (PR) legislation proposed

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Congressman Rothman Introduces Bill to Bring Justice to the People of  
Vieques

By Mel Fabrikant
Paramus Post (NJ)
April 19, 2011

From 1941-2003, the Navy tested nearly every kind of munitions  
employed by the U.S. military, dropping millions of pounds of  
ordnance on Vieques

Today, Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) is proud to introduce the  
Vieques Recovery and Development Act of 2011.

"The U.S. government must address the serious and disabling health  
care problems affecting the people of Vieques and this bill is the  
first step. These health issues were caused by more than 62 years of  
the U.S. bombing that island with military ordinance, which, our own  
government has acknowledged, created a federal superfund site that  
contains dozens of extremely dangerous, toxic and harmful poisons,"  
said Congressman Rothman. "The injustice toward the people of  
Vieques, Puerto Rico must end. The time for the U.S. government to  
right this wrong is long overdue."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.paramuspost.com/article.php/20110419141824433

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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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