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PR-SPAN's Science Rising Initiative to Bring Visibility and Awareness in Puerto Rico's Election Cycle
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Cleaning Vieques should not threaten its residents or the environment
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For more than 60 years, 75% of Vieques, an island municipality of Puerto Rico, were used by the US Navy as military practice grounds. Though the US forces left Vieques in 2003, after historical protests due to a detonation that killed a civilian, hundreds of acres of la Isla Nena are stilled polluted. Terrains are contaminated with undetonated munitions and bombs, as well as with toxic chemicals.