US Military Has Contaminated Thousands Of Sites With Weapons Testing, Investigation Finds.

roPublica (12/28, Chakraborty, Lustgarten) reports that the Pentagon has cataloged more than 40,000 sites in the US contaminated by the testing and disposal of the nation’s weapons, and it has already spent $40 billion in clean-up. The testing and disposal of weapons have “poisoned drinking water supplies, rendered millions of acres of land unsafe or unusable, and jeopardized the health of often unwitting Americans.” The article says that the “total amount of land contaminated by the military is larger than the state of Florida,” and some plots have been “returned to public use – for parks, housing and schools – in some instances without thorough cleanups.” https://www.propublica.org/article/military-pollution-rdx-war-at-home