Thursday, April 25, 2019

On Earth Day, Remembering the US Military’s Toxic Legacy

https://www.mintpressnews.com/on-earth-day-remembering-the-us-militarys-toxic-legacy/227776/?fbclid=IwAR2kKgjH_0X3zRtsUMdQlVVFCMVwFhcW4X3vKaDVrjkuettAvuGvMegcfxw
Media outlets gave minimal attention to recent news that the U.S. Naval station in Virginia Beach spilled an estimated 94,000 gallons of jet fuel into a nearby waterway, less than a mile from the Atlantic Ocean. While the incident was by no means as catastrophic as some other pipeline spills, it underscores an important yet little-known fact – that the U.S. Department of Defense is both the nation’s and the world’s, largest polluter.

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