[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: "Old bombs at Pacific war sites more dangerous than ever"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Old bombs at Pacific war sites more dangerous than ever - NGO

Radio New Zealand
August 14, 2017 

An NGO says unexploded World War Two bombs in Palau are now more volatile than ever before.

Cleared Ground Demining has been removing the discarded or lost explosives from around Palau, particularly Peleliu, for the last eight years.

To date they have removed, diffused and safely detonated more than 50,000 tonnes of material.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/337133/old-bombs-at-pacific-war-sites-more-dangerous-than-ever-ngo

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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