[CPEO-MEF] NATURAL RESOURCES, REUSE: "Wildlife now roam where US once forged its deadliest weapons"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wildlife now roam where US once forged its deadliest weapons

By DAN ELLIOTT
ASSOCIATED PRESS
August 18, 2019

rom a tiny Pacific island to a leafy Indiana forest, a handful of sites where the United States manufactured and tested some of the most lethal weapons known to humankind are now peaceful havens for wildlife.

An astonishing array of animals and habitats flourished at six former weapons complexes — mostly for nuclear and chemical arms — because the public and other intrusions were banned for decades.

When they became obsolete, the government converted them into refuges under U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service management, but the cost is staggering. The military, the U.S. Department of Energy and private companies have spent more than $57 billion to clean up the heavily polluted sites, according to figures gathered by The Associated Press from military and civil agencies.

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For the entire article, see
https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/wildlife-now-roam-us-forged-deadliest-weapons-65044589

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





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