[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Millions of unexploded bombs lie in waters off US coast"

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Millions of unexploded bombs lie in waters off US coast, researchers say

By Allison Barrie
Fox News
October 8, 2012

Lurking (and leaking) beneath the world's oceans are an estimated 200  
million pounds of unexploded and potentially dangerous explosives --  
from bombs to missiles to mustard gas.

Texas A&M oceanographers William Bryant and Niall Slowey documented  
two such dumpsites in the Gulf of Mexico recently. They  
conservatively guess that at least 31 million pounds of bombs can be  
found not just in the Gulf, but also off the coasts of at least 16  
states, from New Jersey to Hawaii.

Thousands of gallon containers of mustard gas lie strewn off the New  
Jersey coast, for example. And there are a total of seven dumpsites  
on the Gulf seafloor, each approximately 81 square miles, one at the  
mouth of the Mississippi River Delta.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/10/08/millions-unexploded-bombs-lie- 
in-waters-off-us-coasts/

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