On 3/9/15, Douglas Rankine <douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... point your nose to the following url: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site i grew up next to rocky flats plant while it was active, and was there at the start of the decommissioning. what people didn't understand then, is that the winds racing down the foothills across the flats and into adjacent neighborhoods was contaminated with plutonium released during fires and other unanticipated releases (leaking waste storage, etc.) the biggest hazard to communities was not direct exposure during those brief few fires where most of the plutonium escaped into the environment. it was afterwards, for decades, as the contamination deposited into the soil gets stirred up by wind and re-released into the air affecting communities down wind. another revelation was the different effects of plutonium exposure in children and young adults vs. adults. traditionally such radiation is viewed like smoking - a lung cancer danger due to particulates in the lungs. it was later discovered that the chemistry of plutonium in a growing body made previously "safe" level of fine contamination significantly more detrimental as it was incorporated into the calcium dense parts of the body like bones and liver. these are the effects which afflict me most - loss of liver function and a slew of odd immune disorders resulting from B-cell lymphocyte deficiency. the most frustrating aspect of the situation is the absolute immunity enjoyed by egregious and callous disregard for law and nature. "A September 11th Catastrophe You've Probably Never Heard About" - https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/a-september-11th-catastrophe-youve-probably-never-heard-about/261959/ ''' The Grand Jury was specifically advised by an Assistant U.S. Attorney that the United States Supreme Court had determined in Train v. COPIRG, 426 U.S.1 that no Federal law (specifically the Clean Water Act) prohibits DOE, Rockwell, or EGG from dumping radioactive wastes or other radioactive material directly into Standley Lake, the Great Western Reservoir, the South Platte, or any other river or tributary of the United States. [ ^- UNTOUCHABLE] ... The pervasive nature of the illegal practices discussed in this report may leave the Court wondering how such extensive, illegal conduct could have continued for such a lengthy period of time. Four factors provide a substantial explanation of how these events occurred: (a) DOE managed the Plant with an attitude of indifference toward environmental laws; (b) DOE actively participated in and directed a conscious and ongoing effort to evade the application of certain environmental laws to the Plant; (c) the Colorado Department of Health ("CDH") and EPA were lax and ineffective in attempting to enforce environmental laws and regulations at the Plant; and (d) Rockwell and it's successor (EG&G) - with the apparent knowledge of DOE - have excused their illegal conduct by asserting that they cannot operate the Plant without violating one or more environmental laws. " - http://www.constitution.org/jury/gj/rocky_flats/rocky-flats-grand-jury-report.htm . . . it's not all for naught, however, as my mutant power of ungodly coding capability continues to sustain my quest for justice where the courts have failed us. *grin*