[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Radford High School contamination (HI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Radford contamination investigation uncovered suspected ordnance


By Rick Daysog
Hawaii News Now
August 06, 2015

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Less than a week before construction on Radford High School's track came to a halt last year, workers made some unusual finds: a six-inch wide mortar fuse and an 18-inch copper sphere that one Department of Education contractor suspected was a naval mine.

Also excavated were several spent shell casings from a 50-caliber gun.

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The suspected ordnance did not contain any live ammunition and was quickly destroyed by the military. Previous news reports mentioned that the soil contained unsafe levels of lead, mercury and asbestos.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/29731738/exclusive-radford-contamination-investigation-uncovered-suspected-ordnance

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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