Military Munitions-Related Compounds Fate and Effects: A Literature Review Relative to Threatened and Endangered Species
Abstract
As with many anthropogenic substances, there is a general concern about the potential impacts on ecosystems and their component species resulting from military training and testing exercises using various forms of military munitions, which upon impact release or produce various chemical compounds. The biological species present on military training and testing lands may be exposed to these militarily prevalent chemical compounds during soldier training and testing exercises. This report provides a review and summarization of the literature on the fate and effects of military munitions compounds (MMCs) in the environment. More than 340 reports and other scientific papers were identified that relate directly to primary military munitions constituents and species of high interest (species of high interest include those species considered to be threatened and endangered, as defined in accordance with the Endangered Species Act).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA435907
Entities
People
- Craig Amos
- Katherine Von Stackleberg
- Thomas Smith
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center