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[Shortpoet-GTD]

The epa (small letters, all respect for that organization is gone) have approved plans to
BURN
old munitions stored in bunkers in Louisiana!
What?
They're old and unstable and they don't know what to do with them, so they want to
burn them.
(With all the opposition to this, they are now taking comments)

"If these were burned incompletely in an open combustion scenario it's possible that different chemicals are released into the air," Schmoutz says. "Chemicals that we haven't studied or don't know as much about and those could be more dangerous."
Chris Schmoutz is a toxicologist at LSU Health Sciences Center.

From NPR news-
http://www.npr.org/2...ign=environment

(Retweet this article is you think these burns are a bad idea or send a note to the epa)

[still learning]

Shortpoet-GTD, on 04 February 2015 - 05:23 AM, said:

The epa (small letters, all respect for that organization is gone) have approved plans to
BURN
old munitions stored in bunkers in Louisiana

        Burning in the open is what's been done in the past.  Is safe for those doing the burning, doesn't explode.  Any type of enclosed burning, as in an incinerator, risks an explosion.  This M6 propellant is kind of gunpowder, have to treat is with some care.  Taking the time to figure out an alternate method of disposal makes the problem of further deterioration (and eventual autoignition) worse. No easy answer here.  The Army already paid a contractor to recycle the stuff, but explosions and bankruptcy stopped the first try.  No easy answer.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

Two sets of lungs are discussing the issue-
"They've always done it that way."

"But it hurts me."

"It's more pollution in the air we breathe but they won't take the time to figure out a better method of disposal."

"But it hurts me."

"Deal with it."

"Yeah, I know. Pass the oxygen, will ya?"