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100 _aDubow, Shane,
245 0 _aVieques on the Verge.
_cShane DuBow.
260 _bSmithsonian,
_c2004.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
_nArticle 46,
_pEnvironment,
_x1522-3205;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500 _aOriginally Published: Vieques on the Verge, Jan. 2004; pp. 76-83.
520 _a"It had all looked so simple from the plane--the Puerto Rican island of Vieques stretching out below like some outsize plantain, all lush green on the west end where the U.S. Navy stored bombs until 2001, all crater-pocked and yellowed on the east end where, until February 2003, it practiced exploding them." (SMITHSONIAN) This article discusses the Navy's impact on Vieques, noting that "the pollution the military left behind may imperil paradise."
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aBombing and gunnery ranges
_zPuerto Rico
650 _aEnvironmental health
650 _aHazardous wastes
650 _aMilitary base closures
650 _aPuerto Ricans
_xAttitudes
610 _aU.S.
_bNavy
_xEnvironmental aspects
651 _aVieques Island (P.R.)
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005,
_pEnvironment.
_x1522-3205;
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