[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Military Ordnance Dumped in Gulf of Mexico"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military Ordinance [sic] Dumped in Gulf of Mexico

By Maritime Executive
August 3, 2015

Texas A& M oceanographic researcher have reported that unexploded  
bombs and other military ordnance washing up on the Florida coast has  
brought more awareness U.S. government materials dumping decades ago  
in the Gulf of Mexico could pose serious threats.

Niall Slowey, along with professor emeritus William Bryant, who have  
more than 90 years of combined research experience, say millions of  
pounds of bombs and other types of ordnance are scattered over the  
Gulf of Mexico and also off the coasts of at least 16 states, from  
New Jersey to Hawaii. The bombs can get caught in fishermen’s nets as  
they trawl along the ocean seafloor, or wash up on shore such as last  
week near the Tampa area.

The military began a massive dumping of unused bombs into the Gulf  
and other sites that started in 1946 and continued until 1970, when  
it was finally banned.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/military-ordinance-dumped- 
in-gulf-of-mexico

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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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