Fort Ord continues to burn a 295-acre parcel, two miles east of Seaside. According to the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, all of these fires on Fort Ord are controlled; fires are being ignited depending on weather conditions. Acres of Fort Ord are being burned to clear vegetation so that munitions workers can remove unexploded ordnance from the former military base. Although this fire is controlled and is a benefit to munition workers, the Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network claims the burn is putting residents at risk by stating, "The soil at Fort Ord is littered with military munitions and toxic chemicals, which are released into the air when the Army ignites the fires." In result, we are left with two questions: Do we put munition workers at risk it save our health or do we save munition workers by putting out own health on the line?
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Fort Ord Burns
Fort Ord continues to burn a 295-acre parcel, two miles east of Seaside. According to the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, all of these fires on Fort Ord are controlled; fires are being ignited depending on weather conditions. Acres of Fort Ord are being burned to clear vegetation so that munitions workers can remove unexploded ordnance from the former military base. Although this fire is controlled and is a benefit to munition workers, the Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network claims the burn is putting residents at risk by stating, "The soil at Fort Ord is littered with military munitions and toxic chemicals, which are released into the air when the Army ignites the fires." In result, we are left with two questions: Do we put munition workers at risk it save our health or do we save munition workers by putting out own health on the line?
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