[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, ENERGY: Discarded bombs in the Gulf

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Unexploded bombs lurk in U.S. offshore oil patch: experts

By Eileen O'Grady
WTAQ Radio
September 28, 2012

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Millions of pounds of unexploded bombs dumped in  
the Gulf of Mexico by the U.S. government after World War Two pose a  
significant risk to offshore drilling, according to Texas  
oceanographers.

It is no secret that the United States, along with other governments,  
dumped munitions and chemical weapons in oceans from 1946 until the  
practice was banned in the 1970s by U.S. law and international  
treaty, said William Bryant, a Texas A&M University professor of  
oceanography.

As technological advances allow oil companies to push deeper into the  
waters of the Gulf of Mexico, these forgotten hazards pose a threat  
as the industry picks up the pace of drilling after BP Plc's deadly  
Macondo well blowout in 2010 that lead to the largest oil spill in  
U.S. history.


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For the entire story, see

http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2012/sep/28/unexploded-bombs-lurk-in-us- 
offshore-oil-patch-experts/


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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