The Military’s Toxic Timebombs

No one is cleaning up the Pentagon's hazardous messes

By Jeffrey St. Clair

The nation's biggest polluter isn't a corporation. It's the Pentagon. Every year the Department of Defense churns out more than 750,000 tons of hazardous waste--more than the top three chemical companies combined. Yet the military remains largely exempt from compliance with most federal and state environmental [RETURN TO ARTICLE]