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Citizens of the U.S. and Puerto Rico must now demand, in no uncertain terms:
NO MORE FIRING, BURNING, AND EXPLODING TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE MUNITIONS INTO OUR OPEN AIR!
The US government has been at this for over 60 years inside the US, Puerto Rico, and islands off the coasts in both the Atlantic (MA) and Pacific. They will continue for another 60 years, too...
That is... IF we let them!
Open air explosions of toxic and hazardous, lethal, radioactive materials are ILLEGAL under international law. These open air detonations violate international laws that protect our BASIC Human Rights.
Don't our kids, grand kids, and all our future generations deserve better than this?!
Please pass this around widely. By your forwarding this and helping it to get passed around the world? Perhaps some attorney will read this and help the residents of Vieques, Puerto Rico take appropriate and just legal
action. Because right now, as things stand? Uncle Sam is A-OK with radioactively poisoning the air, water, and soil our children and all our future descendants depend upon to survive.
Radiation KILLS. And yet this is of no consequence to those in power, as it is used widely and environmentally dispersed without discretion by both the US Department of War and the Department of [Nuclear] Energy.
Also, read Dr. Doug Rokke's discussion of the Vieques contamination situation:
Recent news story: "Vieques Cleanup A Noisy, Explosive [Deadly] Process"
Thank you so very much in advance for doing whatever you can to help spread the word!
With thanks to Wes Rehberg for the info below.
Best,
Cathy Garger
From the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques (CPRDV)
The Navy & CH2MHill lying to Vieques & Puerto Rico
about their bombing range cleanup practices
(note -- the cleanup contractor, the Navy bombardment , and the practice of open detonation of unexploded bombing-range ordnance are covered in the Vieques segment of our documentary, "Contaminated Forever," particularly by CPRDV activist Nilda Medina; Vieques has at least a 26 percent higher cancer rate than the main island of Puerto Rico,
according to PR's own data; some of that is believed to come from depleted uranium ordnance testing there -- WR)
Article written by Dr. Jorge Colon, professor, chemistry department, University of Puerto Rico --
A day before the 9th anniversary of the death of David Sanes in Vieques from
a US Navy bomb, once again the Navy and the company contracted for
environmental clean up – CH2MHill – lies to the Viequenses and the people of
Puerto Rico.
In articles published on April 18, both the Navy and CH2MHill indicated
thousands of bombs they are exploding in Vieques cannot be detonated in the
controlled detonation chamber because – even though CH2MHill builds it
(Model T-10), it’s very small for the type of large bombs found in Vieques
The Navy, as well as CH2MHill lie. CH2MHill also builds controlled
detonation chambers much larger than those mentioned in the articles (Models
T-25, T-30, D-60, D-100 and D-200).
I have presented this situation to the Navy, to CH2MHill, the Environmental
Quality Board and the EPA at several meetings of the Restoration Adivsory
Board in Vieques, indicating that CH2MHill has shown at
international
conferences about military clean up and that is has built larger detonation
chambers being used experimentally in the US and in other parts of the
world, by the US Departament of Defense.
Some of these chambers can withstand detonation of bombs up to 250 pounds
and larger chambers are will be available in the near future.
We are not convinced by the Navy’s argument that they cannot bring one or
more of these chambers to Vieques to detonate a large number of the bombs
found, because these large chambers are experimental, very costly and do not
have approval from related
agencies.
We believe that just as Vieques could be a model of sustainable development
for our country if the community recommendations in the Guidelines for
Sustainable Development of Vieques, it could also be a model for the world
in the use of these chambers that avoid dispersing dangerous contaminants
into the environment during detonation of bombs in closed bases and war
zones.
Only one powerful reason impedes this from happening: the Navy would have
to spend more to buy the chambers from CH2MHill and bring them to Vieques.
CH2MHill has a multimillion dollar contract from
the Navy for the Vieques
clean up.
It’s not going to bite the hand that feeds it, therefore, it does not
mention the larger chambers; however, all Puerto Rico, particularly the
government regulatory agencies, should demand the the installation in
Vieques of the largest detonation chambers as a condition for continuation
of the clean up process.
The Environmental Quality Board, the Health Department and other Puerto Rico
government agencies and the EPA should Project Vieques from the continuing
presence of residuals from 60 years of Navy bombardment. If they do not
comply with their ministerial responsibilities, no one should be surprised
if the people of Vieques once again turn to civil disobedience to demand
justice.
Dr. Jorge L. Colón
Departamento de Química
Universidad de Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 23346
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3346
Tel. (787)402-2015
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Wes Rehberg
Wild Clearing
skype: wildclearing
Learn More About Radiation's Disastrous Effects Upon Human Health:
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