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RE: DU scare story from Los Alamos
In addition to the information already posted:
The information I have indicates that there were in fact impact and
explosive tests of DU munitions and armor ... at the Nevada Test Site.
Dave Neil neildm@id.doe.gov
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On Monday, June 12, 2000 12:08 PM, Andrew Buchan
[SMTP:Andrew.Buchan@ehs.ucsb.edu] wrote:
> A friend of mine recieved this and forwarded it on to me.
> I know this is all a load of hogwash, but if someone could
> tell me how it is a load of hogwash I would appreciate it.
>
>
> Thanks
> Andrew
>
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> From: "Dave Mailen" <dmailen@elp.rr.com
>
> Subject: Possible Contamination Of New Mexico & Texas
> Water Supplies!
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 16:21:21 -0600
>
> Dear Brother and Sister! Following is an article being put
> out by the New Mexico Green Party concerning possible
> leakage of nuclear waste byproducts into Texas and New
> Mexico water sources down stream! This event is not
> properly being covered by the national media! Please
> share this report and conduct further campaigning of the
> truth or investigation! People need to know!
> Sincerely,
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- FOR IMMEDIATE
> RELEASE: June 5, 2000 Contacts: Damacio Lopez
> (505) 867-0141 Maria Santelli (505) 247-9694
>
> International Non Governmental Organization Demands
> Independent Monitoring of Los Alamos Fire Damage
> The International Depleted Uranium Study Team (IDUST)
> is calling for independent international monitoring of
> the ecological damage that may have occurred from the
> Cerro Grande Fire in Los Alamos, New Mexico home of the
> nuclear facility, Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL).
> We are concerned about the hazards of burning
> depleted uranium (DU), says Damacio Lopez, IDUST
> executive director who has been researching DU issues for
> the past 15 years. We are demanding today that
> independent studies be done of the air, water and soil in
> down wind communities from Los Alamos to test for the
> presence of the highly toxic and radioactive material DU.
> LANL studies confirm that 110 tons of DU and natural
> uranium have been expended at LANL since the 1940s. An
> unknown amount of this uranium has been released into the
> environment. LANL has open air tested DU in dynamic
> weapons tests, where DU has been explosively detonated,
> DU projectiles impacted against hard targets and used in
> the DARPA/ANTI-ARMOR PROGRAM. These tests result in the
> creation of DU particles which behave like dust and can
> travel in the same way dust particles travel eventually
> getting into soil and water.
> Dr. Sergei Pashchenko, a Russian nuclear and atmospheric
> physicist visiting New Mexico concerned about the
> possible radiation releases due to the fire said, On the
> basis of the data from LANL, the fires that began on May
> 8 increased the concentration of alpha radiation in the
> air up to 30 fold. Dr. Pashchenko added, The question
> is: what is the source of this increased radiation?
> IDUST views the fires at Los Alamos as a potential DU
> health hazard necessitating precautionary measures by
> citizens and public officials: 1) firefighters and other
> emergency personnel should be tested for DU in their
> bodies; 2) air, water and soil should be tested for DU
> in communities downwind from Los Alamos, up to 60 miles;
> 3) agricultural products grown downwind of the fire
> should be washed before eating.
> Dr. Rosalie Bertell added, "My major concerns are:
> soon after the fire, there might be ingestions of DU,
> which would then be eliminated through feces; for the
> inhaled fraction, it might take some time before
> it dissolves enough to be present in the body fluid and
> urine. If it is very insoluble, it will take time for the
> lung to pulverize into particle small enough for the
> phagocytes to pull into the thoracic lymph nodes. At this
> early stage, lung counts might be possible. These
> should be available for uranium miners in the SW." Dr.
> Bertell a renowned epidemiologist is the President of the
> International Institute of Concerns for Public Health,
> based in Toronto, Canada.
> PROBLEM STATEMENT
> DU is the bulk of the waste stream from the production
> of nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel. This radioactive
> waste is being used in military weapons and commercial
> products. Most notable the United States (U.S.), though
> several other countries have created huge amounts of DU
> as a result of their nuclear programs.
> DU has become internationally recognized as a health
> hazard. It is a suspected environmental contaminant in
> more than 50 sites across the U.S. and on battlefields
> and test sites throughout the world. Affected communities
> experience health problems similar to those of U.S. Gulf War
> Veterans and Iraqi Soldiers and Civilians.
> DU is a highly toxic heavy metal with a radioactive
> half-life of four and one-half billion years. DU has
> accumulated in enormous quantities since the dawn of the
> nuclear age. Despite the name "Depleted" Uranium, DU has
> 1/2 the radioactivity of Natural Uranium, which is pure
> uranium.
> The International Depleted Uranium Study Team is a
> non-profit, organization dedicated to stopping the use of
> DU in military weapons.
>
>
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