Hawaiians pissed: military DUed them and lied about it

http://starbulletin.com/2006/01/06/news/story06.html


Uranium revelation upsets isle activists
Army e-mails detailing the presence of spent metal at Schofield are troubling, critics say

SEVERAL environmental and native Hawaiian groups are accusing the Army of misleading the public after the groups discovered that a heavy metal known as depleted uranium was recovered at Schofield Barracks' range complex.

During a news conference yesterday, the groups said the Army has repeatedly assured the public that the heavy metal was never used in Hawaii.

"These recent revelations, then, indicate that the Army is either unaware of its DU (depleted uranium) and chemical weapons use or has intentionally misled the public. Both possibilities are deeply troubling," said Kyle Kajihiro, program director of the American Friends Service Committee and member of DMZ-Hawaii/Aloha Aina.

Some members of the various groups read about the depleted uranium in e-mails detailing documents submitted in federal court in December, showing that heavy metals were found at Schofield Barracks' range complex area during clearing efforts.
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Col. Howard Killian said the DU poisoning was unintentional

sure it was

another dead zone on the planet

Bet it's ocean front - the military likes to test fire weapons into sand, including having planes strafe beaches - I knew someone who built sand sifting machines to recover the ordinance for the Air Force at east coast beaches. Bad for Hawaii's environment and deadly in 10 or so years for the poor schmuck enlisted men who had to handle the weapons.

Geiger counters. to check out our own hoods.