Excerpt from A Chemical Monitoring Program of the Explosion Products in Underwater Explosion Tests
The U. S. Navy is engaged in an intensive effort to minimize or eliminate pollution of all kinds. This overall effort to combat undesirable environmental effects extends to the manufacture and testing of explosives and of weapons. The aspect of the work of concern here is underwater testing, which is vital to the mission of the Navy.
The majority of people with expert knowledge of underwater explosion phenomena believe that the effects of any test on the environment are localized and short-lived and cause no irreversible changes in the general ecology of a natural body of water. Longer range effects are minimal and can be estimated on the basis of existing information, but these estimates are qualitative because most of the previous work has been directed toward the predictions of the early-time, close-in phenomena of military interest.
In order to assess the probable environment impact of the underwater explosion tests, it is necessary to assemble a body of factual information regarding the effects of the tests on the marine environment. Based on this information standards and guide lines can be implemented for future underwater explosion test programs.
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