Gilligan wrote:


The small arms ammunition is copper jacketed lead. The l ship's larger
guns
contain almost no lead at all. You think a 5 inch projectile is lead? The
Phalanx spews DU . There's no lead in all the AP stuff either.

Oh that's great then, being as how copper and the various compounds it
will form in the chemical soup of the Great Lakes is totally nontoxic to
aquatic flora and fauna right?

Cheers
Marty

I would suggest you review the naturally occuring minerals that dissolve in
to the lake. You will see that they are far, far greater than any target
practice by the Coast Guard. Furthermore, Canada should pay for those
minerals deposited by the Coast Guard. Lead, cadmium, bismuth, uranium are
all valuable metals.

That's a pretty poor argument, crap is already there so what's a bit
more? How much DU is "naturally occuring"? How about cuprous oxide?
(aside from the stuff that I put there using a product that's banned in
the US for use as an anti fouling paint)

Cheers
Marty