A&M professor wants to clear Gulf of U.S. bombs
By ALLEN REED
Posted: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 12:01 a.m
Texas A&M William Bryant is dedicated to cleaning up the ocean, specifically the millions of pounds of unexploded bombs and munitions dumped into coastal waters by the U.S. military after World War II.
And the oceanographer has no qualms about sharing his research.
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It?s also unknown, Bryant said, what exactly the military dumped into the waters. The professor said an insoluble white liquid leaking out of some of the containers matches characteristics of mustard gas.
?Now the Army denies it and says, ?It?s not. How do you know it is?,?? Bryant said. ?Well, I?m not going to go stick my fingers in mustard gas. In that sense, I can?t prove it without a doubt.?
Department of Defense spokesman Lt. Col. Tom Crosson could not be reached Monday for comment.
While most everyone agrees that dangerous weapons rusting, and possibly leaking, in the Gulf wasn?t a good thing, opinions on how to tackle the problem varied.
?We kinda have a lose-lose situation,? said John Hocevar, marine biologist with Greenpeace, an environmental nonprofit...
