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Submit a ProposalDeath of the Chesapeake
 | A History of the Military Role in Polluting the Bay By Richard D. Albright Copyright: 2013 | Status: Published ISBN: 9781118686270 | Hardcover | 252 pages | 114 illustrations Price: $49 USD  |
One Line Description
This unique book focuses attention on the failure of current efforts to cleanup the Chesapeake Bay and suggests an approach often used in cleaning up environmentally damaged sites
Audience
The book will have a wide readership. Anyone living in the Chesapeake Bay area who has an interest in the Bay will find this book very important to their understanding of this essential natural resource. At the professional level, government officers, environmental scientists, military personnel, naval historians, and weapons experts will also find this book necessary to read and consult. The book will enjoy wider national and international interest as munitions around the world, dumped in oceans and waterways, affect countries that struggle with cleanup problems.
The book will have a wide readership. Anyone living in the Chesapeake Bay area who has an interest in the Bay will find this book very important to their understanding of this essential natural resource. At the professional level, government officers, environmental scientists, military personnel, naval historians, and weapons experts will also find this book necessary to read and consult. The book will enjoy wider national and international interest as munitions around the world, dumped in oceans and waterways, affect countries that struggle with cleanup problems.
Description
While military munitions sources contribute significantly to the pollution and degradation of Chesapeake Bay, they have been completely overlooked in many of the efforts to restore the Bay. Death of the Chesapeake explores this important aspect of the nation’s environmental health. The book also recognizes for the first time that efforts to restore the Bay have failed because of the violation of a fundamental precept of environmental cleanup; that is, to sample the site and see what’s there. The Bay itself has never been sampled.
Thus, this book presents a view of the environmental condition of Chesapeake Bay that is totally unique. It covers a part of the history of the Bay that is not widely known, including how the Bay was formed. It presents a mixture of science, military history, and novel solutions to the Bay’s degradation. In so doing, the author examines the military use of the Bay and reveals the extent that munitions dumpsites containing nitrogen and phosphorus as well as chemical warfare material are affecting the environment. The book concludes with the author’s own cleanup plan,which, if implemented, would go a long way toward restoring health to the Bay. The book is supplemented with many photographs and maps.
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While military munitions sources contribute significantly to the pollution and degradation of Chesapeake Bay, they have been completely overlooked in many of the efforts to restore the Bay. Death of the Chesapeake explores this important aspect of the nation’s environmental health. The book also recognizes for the first time that efforts to restore the Bay have failed because of the violation of a fundamental precept of environmental cleanup; that is, to sample the site and see what’s there. The Bay itself has never been sampled.
Thus, this book presents a view of the environmental condition of Chesapeake Bay that is totally unique. It covers a part of the history of the Bay that is not widely known, including how the Bay was formed. It presents a mixture of science, military history, and novel solutions to the Bay’s degradation. In so doing, the author examines the military use of the Bay and reveals the extent that munitions dumpsites containing nitrogen and phosphorus as well as chemical warfare material are affecting the environment. The book concludes with the author’s own cleanup plan,which, if implemented, would go a long way toward restoring health to the Bay. The book is supplemented with many photographs and maps.
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Reviews
“Albright undertakes a timely and essential investigation of the pollution resulting from spent and unused munitions in and around Chesapeake Bay -- dangerous and deadly waste materials that undermine the Bay's ecological integrity and threaten public safety and human health.â€
Marie Sansone, former acting director of the D.C. Environmental Health Administration.
“Albright undertakes a timely and essential investigation of the pollution resulting from spent and unused munitions in and around Chesapeake Bay -- dangerous and deadly waste materials that undermine the Bay's ecological integrity and threaten public safety and human health.â€
Marie Sansone, former acting director of the D.C. Environmental Health Administration.
“From now on, I’ll stay on top of the water.â€
Christophe Tulou, former executive director of the Pew Oceans Commission and founder of the Center for SeaChange
Christophe Tulou, former executive director of the Pew Oceans Commission and founder of the Center for SeaChange
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Author / Editor Details
Richard D. Albright, a chemical weapons and ordnance expert, has a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan, a master of science in environmental health from George Washington University and doctorates from Wayne State and an online university. A former Army officer, he wrote a science bestseller, Cleanup of Chemical and Explosive Munitions, now in its second edition; has testified before Congress, state government, and in federal courts on environmental issues. His work has been featured in Washingtonian Magazine, The Washington Post, The News-Herald (Northeast Ohio),The Press of Atlantic City, The New York Times and The Kansas City Star. He has worked for 20 years to restore the Chesapeake Bay and sailed the Bay for 40 years. He won the Cafritz prize for his work cleaning up a chemical weapons site.
Richard D. Albright, a chemical weapons and ordnance expert, has a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan, a master of science in environmental health from George Washington University and doctorates from Wayne State and an online university. A former Army officer, he wrote a science bestseller, Cleanup of Chemical and Explosive Munitions, now in its second edition; has testified before Congress, state government, and in federal courts on environmental issues. His work has been featured in Washingtonian Magazine, The Washington Post, The News-Herald (Northeast Ohio),The Press of Atlantic City, The New York Times and The Kansas City Star. He has worked for 20 years to restore the Chesapeake Bay and sailed the Bay for 40 years. He won the Cafritz prize for his work cleaning up a chemical weapons site.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1 The Formation of the Bay and Its Drainage Area
References
2 Nutrient Dynamics, Depletion, and Replenishment
2.1 Nutrient Loads and Oxygen Depletion
2.2 Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Munitions
2.3 Munitions Disposal Areas
2.4 Chemical Weapons Disposal in the Bay
2.5 Total Yearly Contaminant Loads from
Federal Facilities Entering the Chesapeake Bay
2.6 Sewage Contamination by Military Facilities
References
3 Safety Issues with Old Munitions
3.1 Old Explosives Can Spontaneously Detonate
3.1.1 Underwater Munitions Can Migrate
3.1.2 Density
3.1.3 Wide Area Assessments [8]
3.1.4 Human Death from Underwater UXO Detonations
3.1.5 Human Death or Injury from Chemical Underwater UXO
3.1.6 Human Chronic Illness from Munitions Constituents in Seafood
3.1.7 Real Estate Impacts
References
4 Artillery Shells in the Bay
4.1 Bloodsworth Island Range
4.2 Seacoast Artillery
4.3 Fort Meade
4.4 Naval Research Laboratory --Chesapeake
Bay Detachment
4.5 Aberdeen Proving Ground
References
5 Bombs in the Bay
5.1 Langley AFB
5.2 Tangier Island
5.3 Atlantic Test Ranges, Patuxent River, Maryland
5.4 Plum Tree Island
5.5 Ragged Point
5.6 Hebron Bomber Airport (Intersection of Route 50 & Route 347)
5.7 Accidental Bombing of Wittman, MD
References
6 Mines and Torpedoes in the Bay
6.1 The Disappearing Droids of Chesapeake Bay
6.2 Patuxent Naval Mine Warfare Test Station
References
7 Military Munitions and Explosives Factories
7.1 Triumph Industries
7.2 US Penniman Shell Loading Plant
7.3 Chestertown, MD, Munitions Plant
References
8 Contamination from Military Constituents Leading to Environmental and Human Health Concerns
8.1 Potential Health Effects of the Munitions Constituents Closely Associated with Military Munitions
8.2 Perchlorates
8.3 Lead
8.4 Explosive Contaminants
8.5 Sampling for Military Contaminants
References
9 Chemical Weapons Sites on Chesapeake Bay or in the Watershed
9.1 Aberdeen Proving Ground
9.1.1 Training Ranges
9.1.2 General Ordnance Expended
9.1.3 Specific Contaminants
9.1.4 Carroll Island Study Area
9.1.5 White Phosphorus
9.2 Pooles Island
9.3 Berlin, MD
9.4 American University Experiment Station
9.5 Patuxent River Chemical Incineration
9.6 Langley
9.7 Naval Research Laboratory --Chesapeake Bay Detachment
9.8 Washington Navy Yard
9.9 Tidewater Community College --Suffolk
9.10 Other Hampton Rhodes, Norfolk, Virginia Beach Sites
References
10 Military Facilities Grouped by Specific Areas or on Specific Rivers
10.1 Potomac River
10.1.1 Various Military Facilities
10.1.2 Old Navy Radio Station
10.1.3 Washington Arsenal
10.1.4 Naval Air Station
10.1.5 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head
10.1.5.1 Stump Neck Annex
10.1.6 Dahlgren
10.1.7 Newtowne Neck State Park
10.2 Anacostia River
10.2.1 The Washington Navy Yard on the Anacostia River
10.2.1.1 Ordnance
10.2.2 Experimental Battery
10.3 Severn River
10.4 Norfolk (Hampton Rhodes Area)
10.4.1 Fort Wool
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Introduction
1 The Formation of the Bay and Its Drainage Area
References
2 Nutrient Dynamics, Depletion, and Replenishment
2.1 Nutrient Loads and Oxygen Depletion
2.2 Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Munitions
2.3 Munitions Disposal Areas
2.4 Chemical Weapons Disposal in the Bay
2.5 Total Yearly Contaminant Loads from
Federal Facilities Entering the Chesapeake Bay
2.6 Sewage Contamination by Military Facilities
References
3 Safety Issues with Old Munitions
3.1 Old Explosives Can Spontaneously Detonate
3.1.1 Underwater Munitions Can Migrate
3.1.2 Density
3.1.3 Wide Area Assessments [8]
3.1.4 Human Death from Underwater UXO Detonations
3.1.5 Human Death or Injury from Chemical Underwater UXO
3.1.6 Human Chronic Illness from Munitions Constituents in Seafood
3.1.7 Real Estate Impacts
References
4 Artillery Shells in the Bay
4.1 Bloodsworth Island Range
4.2 Seacoast Artillery
4.3 Fort Meade
4.4 Naval Research Laboratory --Chesapeake
Bay Detachment
4.5 Aberdeen Proving Ground
References
5 Bombs in the Bay
5.1 Langley AFB
5.2 Tangier Island
5.3 Atlantic Test Ranges, Patuxent River, Maryland
5.4 Plum Tree Island
5.5 Ragged Point
5.6 Hebron Bomber Airport (Intersection of Route 50 & Route 347)
5.7 Accidental Bombing of Wittman, MD
References
6 Mines and Torpedoes in the Bay
6.1 The Disappearing Droids of Chesapeake Bay
6.2 Patuxent Naval Mine Warfare Test Station
References
7 Military Munitions and Explosives Factories
7.1 Triumph Industries
7.2 US Penniman Shell Loading Plant
7.3 Chestertown, MD, Munitions Plant
References
8 Contamination from Military Constituents Leading to Environmental and Human Health Concerns
8.1 Potential Health Effects of the Munitions Constituents Closely Associated with Military Munitions
8.2 Perchlorates
8.3 Lead
8.4 Explosive Contaminants
8.5 Sampling for Military Contaminants
References
9 Chemical Weapons Sites on Chesapeake Bay or in the Watershed
9.1 Aberdeen Proving Ground
9.1.1 Training Ranges
9.1.2 General Ordnance Expended
9.1.3 Specific Contaminants
9.1.4 Carroll Island Study Area
9.1.5 White Phosphorus
9.2 Pooles Island
9.3 Berlin, MD
9.4 American University Experiment Station
9.5 Patuxent River Chemical Incineration
9.6 Langley
9.7 Naval Research Laboratory --Chesapeake Bay Detachment
9.8 Washington Navy Yard
9.9 Tidewater Community College --Suffolk
9.10 Other Hampton Rhodes, Norfolk, Virginia Beach Sites
References
10 Military Facilities Grouped by Specific Areas or on Specific Rivers
10.1 Potomac River
10.1.1 Various Military Facilities
10.1.2 Old Navy Radio Station
10.1.3 Washington Arsenal
10.1.4 Naval Air Station
10.1.5 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head
10.1.5.1 Stump Neck Annex
10.1.6 Dahlgren
10.1.7 Newtowne Neck State Park
10.2 Anacostia River
10.2.1 The Washington Navy Yard on the Anacostia River
10.2.1.1 Ordnance
10.2.2 Experimental Battery
10.3 Severn River
10.4 Norfolk (Hampton Rhodes Area)
10.4.1 Fort Wool
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BISAC SUBJECT HEADINGS
TEC010000: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General
TEC010010: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Pollution Control
TEC017000: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health and Safety
BIC CODES
TQ: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY
RNP : Pollution and threats to the environment
TTMW: Ordnance, weapons technology
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