Environmental & Health Effects of Military Operations
No Immediate Danger: Prognosis for a radioactive earth
Bertell, Rosalie.
An internationally acclaimed expert on low-level radiation, Rosalie Bertell argues that there is no safe level for radiation exposure and that the accumulation of radiation has already reached alarming, even catastrophic proportions, implicating both the nuclear power industry and nuclear weapons.
Hidden Casualties: Environmental, health and political consequences of the Persian Gulf War
Bloom, Saul, John Miller, James Warner, and Philippa Winkler (Eds.). 1994.
A detailed exploration of the environmental effects of the 1991 Gulf War that brings together the work of international researchers and activists.
International Grassroots Summit on Military Base Cleanup.
2000. Conference Report.
A compilation of conference reports and presentations including details on the health effects of chemicals routinely used in US military operations, experiences of environmentalists in Asia, Europe, and Latin America who are seeking clean-up, and a host country “Bill of Rights” that outlines conditions that should be imposed on US military operations on all its bases,
Environmental Effects of U.S. Military “Security”: Gendered Experiences from the Philippines, South Korea, and Japan.
Kirk, Gwyn. 2007.
In Gender and Globalization in Asia and the Pacific: Method, practice, theory, ed. Kathy E. Ferguson and Monique Mironesco.
Earth Follies: Coming to Feminist Terms with the Global Environmental Crisis Seager, Joni. 1993.
Includes an excellent chapter on military contamination and lack of environmental regulation of military operations.
Armaments, Disarmament and International Security SIPRI Yearbook 2006 Toxic Sunset: On the trail of hazardous waste from Subic and Clark (B. Pimentel and L. Lasola). 1991. Video. NAATA,
Maybe the first movie to document toxic waste left by the US military in the Philippines, its effects on the health of local communities, and organizing efforts to get the United States to take responsibility for clean-up.
