I'm hoping we get all the pollution cleaned up.
Atomic Energy Commission plant in Marion County, OH
From the page: "''The plant fabricated data,'' Dr. Makhijani said. ''And the Energy Department's own estimates were based on what they themselves knew were inherently deceptive data.''"
I look forward to the fatwah being followed.
Nuclear weapons are unIslamic.
From the page: "production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons was forbidden under Islam"
From the page: "The disease, called "white-nose syndrome," makes bats awaken from hibernation prematurely and leave their caves. Freezing, unable to find insects to eat, they fall from the sky and die."
Should people be concerned? Read the comments, check the facts, and decide for yourself.
From the page: "The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday declared its first-ever "public health emergency," asbestos contamination near Libby and Troy, Mont., northwestern mining towns, the Associated Press reports. "Asbestos contamination from a now-closed vermiculite mine has been cited in the deaths of more than 200 people and illnesses of thousands more"
Ineptly operated nuclear plant in Ohio
From the page: "
In early February 2004, the Government of Pakistan reported that Khan had signed a confession indicating that he had provided Iran, Libya, and North Korea with designs and technology to aid in nuclear weapons programs, and said that the government had not been complicit in the proliferation activities"
Sustainable computing on 2W power (instead of 30-70Watts)
An umbrella group for environmental projects
Projects with an environmental focus
Collection of articles on nuclear contamination of the environment, focusing on water supplies
More tritium leaks detected at Dresden
Denver streets and water with radium contamination.
Needs to be closely monitored.
Use google earth to find toxics near you!
An attorney on the wrong side of environmental justice:
From the page: "represented NL Industries in this highly publicized case involving nuclear weapons plant workers exposed to uranium"
early 1990s CSC report on health risks of Thorium
From the page:
According to EPA (1988a), the primary sources of thorium at the
Superfund sites are processing and extraction of thorium, uranium and radium
from ores or ore-concentrates. The following radioactive waste Superfund
sites have been found to contain one or more isotopes of thorium (VIEW
1989):
Shpack and adjacent landfills, Norton, MA;
Maywood Chemical Co.,Sears Property, Maywood, NJ;
W.R.Grace and Co., Wayne, NJ;
West Chicago
Sewage Treatment Plant, W. Chicago, IL;
Reed-Keppler Park, West Chicago, IL;
Kerr-McGee (Residential Areas), W. Chicago, IL;
Kress Creek and the West Branch of the DuPage River, W. Chicago, IL;
United Nuclear Corp., Church Rock, NM;
Homestake Mining Co., Milan, NM;
Kearsarge Metallurgical Corp., Conway, NH;
Naval Air Engineering Center, Lakehurst, NJ:
Teledyne Wah Chang, Albany, OR;
Woodland Route 72 Dump, Woodland Township, NJ;
Weldon Spring Quarry, St. Charles City, MO;
Monticello Radioactivity-Contaminated
Properties, Monticello, UT;
Uravan Uranium Project, Montrose City, CO.
Disposal of incandescent lights and lanterns containing thorium-232 will be
an additional source of thorium at waste disposal sites.
From the page: "Jefferson County, Montana."
12 percent of wells checked had concentrations in excess of 30 microGrams per liter for Uranium.
Radium contamination cleanup in Ottawa, IL.
Ongoing in 2009.
NRC list of licensee sites in need of or undergoing decontamination.
Check for your state, or if the state is upriver of yours, check it out! If you live along the Ohio River or Mississippi river, sorry about your luck.