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Cleanup of chemical and explosive munitions : locating, identifying contaminants, and planning for environmental remediation of land and sea military ranges and ordnance dumpsites
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ISBN: 1282737759 9786612737756 081551686X 1282013815 9786612013812 1282169785 9786612169786 0815516452 0815515405 0080947360 9780815516453 9780815515401 9780815516866 6612013818 9781282013810 9781282737754 6612737751 9781282169784 6612169788 Year: 2008 Publisher: Norwich, NY, U.S.A. : William Andrew Pub.,

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Unexploded military ordnance and toxic chemicals, some dating back to World War I, are a worldwide concern, especially at closed military bases that will be redeveloped for housing or civilian use. In Europe and Asia, many munitions sites are former battlegrounds; in Russia and its former territories, sites are used for storage and waste disposal. Experts estimate that the United States alone could spend between 50 and 250 billion dollars to cleanup these sites, many of which are in high-population density, residential areas. You might live near one such site right now. This book gi

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