

Posted on: May 02, 2008
OWYHEE COUNTY – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality says the U.S. Army is sending 6,700 tons of sand to a hazardous waste disposal site in the Owyhee Desert 70 miles southeast of Boise.
The sand is coming from Kuwait, where it was contaminated by an ammunition fire. It contains a hazardous level of lead, and measurable amounts of depleted uranium.
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