Chippewa Removing Military Munitions Toxins from Lake Superior

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For three decades, environmentalists have called upon the Department of Defense to remove the ammunition barrels dumped in Lake Superior during the Cold War.Now, in a just-issued landmark report, the Department of Defense appears to agree.Mike Simonson reports that the federal government is paying for a study done by the Red Cliff band of Lake Superior Chippewa to find ways to remove the barrels.

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