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Unexploded ordinance is blown up in a controlled demolition at the former Vieques Naval Training Range in Puerto Rico.
Friday, Aug. 07, 2009

Open quoteCan they guarantee that contaminants or smoke won't reach the population? Close quote

  • EVELYN DELERME CAMACHO,
  • mayor of Vieques, P.R., who is calling for the U.S. Navy to stop detonating hazardous munitions from its old training ground. The EPA says the air may be exposed to substances such as TNT, napalm, depleted uranium, mercury and lead
Photo: Brennan Linsley / AP | Source: New York Times