[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "An Explosive Problem: The Radford Arsenal’s [VA] Toxic Operations"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

An Explosive Problem: The Radford Arsenal’s Toxic Operations

Presented by Earthjustice’s Community Partnerships Program and the Center for Progressive Reform in partnership with Citizens for Arsenal Accountability.
September 2022


At military bases across the country, the Department of Defense has for decades relied on a practice known as open burn / open detonation (OB/OD) to destroy excess, unserviceable, or obsolete military munitions, including small arms cartridges, rockets, mortars, missiles, and other items.

Open burn and open detonation harm the environment and human health as these practices result in the uncontrolled release of toxic constituents directly into the air, soil, and groundwater.

This report — presented by Earthjustice’s Community Partnerships Program and the Center for Progressive Reform in partnership with Citizens for Arsenal Accountability — focuses on one of the facilities that continues to use open burning to destroy munitions in close proximity to elementary schools, community members, and college students — the Radford Army Ammunition Plant (also known as “RAAP” or “the Arsenal”) in Radford, Virginia.

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For the entire article and a link to the full report, see
https://earthjustice.org/features/radford-open-burn-detonation-toxic

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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
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