[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: "35 killed or maimed by explosives at former military sites in Canada"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

35 killed or maimed by explosives at former military sites in Canada

Federally funded team spends about $10 million annually to research  
hazardous sites, prevent further deaths

By Zoe McKnight
Vancouver Sun (BC)
August 5, 2013

The federal government has spent $70 million since 2005 to clean up  
leftover explosives that litter hundreds of sites across the country,  
The Vancouver Sun has learned.

At least 35 people have been killed or maimed over the years at  
Canadian sites that are confirmed or under assessment for having  
unexploded ordnance, said John Preston, project director with the  
federal Unexploded Explosive Ordnance (UXO) and Legacy Sites program.  
Fifteen people have died and 20 others were seriously injured.

…

There are more than 860 sites with leftover explosives across Canada  
and another 1,100 sites off the Atlantic coast that are considered a  
risk for live explosives.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/killed+maimed+explosives+former 
+military+sites+Canada/8750832/story.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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