[CPEO-MEF] Army explains tungsten difference

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Green bullets contain no tungsten alloys

Letter to the Editor
Cape Cod Times (MA)
March 2, 2005

Your Feb. 23 article "Green munitions linked to cancer" highlighted an
inaccurate link
between tungsten alloy toxicity and the Army's lead-free bullet. 

The Army would like to clearly state that tungsten alloys are not the
form of tungsten
used in the Army's lead-free bullet ("green bullet"). Further, tungsten
alloys have not been
used in bullets at the Massachusetts Military Reservation. 

The lead-free bullet is composed of tungsten composite, specifically
tungsten and nylon.
These two substances are pressed together to form a bullet similar in
weight and
performance to traditional lead rounds. 


...

COL. TONY R. FRANCIS 
Commander 
U.S. Army Environmental Center 

For the entire letter, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/archives/7days/wed/letts.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 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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