I live about 50 miles from the Scottish Border, where these tests
have been carried out for a lot of years without anyone outside of
there knowing about them. I dont smoke or drink, am careful with
what I eat, and I now have cancer !!

Im so sorry for the damage being done to the US as well by TPTB, and
I often wonder if they ever think what damage its doing to their
families !!

Maggie

--- In AmericanDUST@yahoogroups.com, Kevin OBrien
<desdinovatheluckyone@...> wrote:
>
> I guess you could call it poetic justice,but now we are bringing
contaminated soil back to america! Specificly Boise,Idaho!
>
> Cathy Garger <savorsuccesslady3@...> wrote: In an
article below (thanks to K!) we read about the Greens in Scotland
trying to find out about the high cancer rates around a nuclear power
plant and the Dundrennan military firing range, where Depleted
Uranium has been used outdoors for years. As you will read, even in
the UK, the feds are trying to fight such information from being
disclosed to the public.
>
> Doesn't the public have a right to know if nuclear power plants
are leaking radionuclides, if our nuclear processing plants run by
the Dept. of [Nuclear] Energy and military test firing ranges and
proving grounds where Uranium munitions are used are causing high
rates of cancers, blood disorders, or any other of the radiation-
induced diseases in those areas?
>
> In the US there are high rates of cancer and other diseases and
disorders around national nuclear laboratories, the military bases,
and proving grounds that have used Uranium and other radioactive
materials. This is, of course, not something we typically read about
in the mainstream media.
>
> We keep hearing about how the US is nuking its own, meaning the
soldiers in combat over in Afghanistan and Iraq. But in actuality?
Nuking its own is being done right here at home in the 50 states, as
well.
>
> In some of the independent Hawaii local papers, we'll hear some
things, as is reported on one website:
>
>
> Health Problems in Hawai'i and Official Stonewalling
>
> One in seventeen births in
> Hawai'i
> has a "recognizable abnormality," according to the Hawaii Birth
Defects Program website. Cases of diabetes and asthma are on the
rise, especially in communities downwind from live-fire training
ranges, like Waianae,
> Oahu.
>
>
> Heart disease and cancer are the first and third leading cause of
death in
> Hawai'i. According to the National Center of Health Statistics the
national rates for cancer and heart disease are dropping while
Hawai'i's rates are climbing.
> The Starbulletin reported on March 11, 2004 that 23,000 children
in Hawai'i are in Special Education and 720 children were identified
as having autism. "Childhood autism in
> Hawaii
> is growing at an epidemic rate, according to Autism Society
officials." No one knows why? It could be genetic or environmental
(chemical exposure)."
>
> The Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Education
(DOE) spending for special education needs has risen from
approximately 75 million dollars a year in 1994 to over 350 million
dollars annually in 2004. The State of Hawai'i government has never
seriously examined military toxins as a cause of the high incidence
of life altering and life threatening illness among Hawai'i's
residents. Stonewalling is common with government officials
>
> . Activists are denied access to pertinent public health
information.
> www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26491&get=last
>
> And likewise, near the Fallon Naval Air Force Station in NV, from
1997 to 2002 there were 17 children who came down with leukemia
http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair0807.html
> and a hearing was held that still can be read at the NV state
website. Here is just some of the testimony:
>
> Mr. Sonderfan commenced his testimony with a review of Project
Shoal and Project Faultless. He described the hurdles and red tape he
faced in researching these topics. Project Faultless was a 13-
megaton detonation of a classified military warhead near Fallon. In
his judgment, the military had not been forthcoming in revealing
harmful practices, such as burying trash for more than 40 years.
Nellis Air Force Base was described as having 30 tons of depleted
uranium, with a half-life of more than four billion years.
>
> Ms. Cox elaborated on the subject of depleted uranium and stated
that the Pentagon knew in 1995 about the environmental threats posed
by nuclear weapon waste. The question needed to be asked of the
Fallon NAS about their use of plutonium, one of the most toxic
substances known to man.
>
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/71st/Minutes/Assembly/NR/Final/125.html
>
>
> Leukaemia and nuclear power: what's the secret?
> A request to publish childhood leukaemia figures has mushroomed
into a landmark court case
> by Paul Hutcheon
> Scottish Political Editor
> )
>
> THE UK government has made an 11th-hour
intervention&#8194;in&#8194;the long-running dispute between the
Scottish NHS and anti-nuclear campaigners over the release of
childhood leukaemia figures.
>
> Justice secretary Jack Straw's department was given leave to
intervene earlier this month when the landmark case reached the House
of Lords.
> Whitehall said the case raised "important" issues and is
challenging parts of the original decision to publish the statistics.
> The saga can be traced to a freedom of information request lodged
in January 2005 by the Scottish Greens for a breakdown of leukaemia
statistics for under-15s in Dumfries and Galloway.
> Michael Collie, the applicant, wanted to know whether there were
cancer clusters next to the Chapelcross power station and the
Dundrennan military firing range.
> However, the Common Services Agency (CSA), a Scottish NHS body,
blocked release on the grounds of patient confidentiality.
> Kevin Dunion, the Scottish information commissioner, then ruled
in favour of the applicant by backing publication of the data. He
said the CSA could prevent identification of patients by using a
method of statistical makeover called "Barnardisation".
> A subsequent appeal by the CSA in the court of session centred
around the public body's view that Barnardisation fell outwith the
scope of Collie's request.
> However, the judges rejected the appeal, with Lord Marnoch saying
the FoI legislation "should be construed in as liberal a manner as
possible I do not see why the commissioner should not be accorded the
widest discretion in deciding the form and type of information which
should be released."
> This decision prompted the NHS body to exercise its final roll of
the dice - a legal challenge to the House of Lords.
> The CSA's appeal, which was heard in the Lords last month, was
marked by the presence of the UK justice department.
> Whitehall officials are unhappy about the Scottish information
commissioner's decision and were granted permission to intervene. It
means the weight of the Scottish government, to whom the CSA is
ultimately accountable, and the UK government is behind the appeal.
> The&#8194;CSA's&#8194;numerous appeals had, by August last year,
cost the taxpayer £45,000 in legal fees. The NHS also estimates the
House of Lords appeal will cost the public £206,000.
> The Lords' ruling is expected within weeks.
> A Ministry of Justice (MoJ) spokesman said: "The MoJ sought and
was granted permission to intervene in the CSA's appeal, which was
heard before the House of Lords on April 1 and 2, 2008.
> "The case raises important questions about freedom of information
and data protection. The MoJ therefore felt it was important that the
UK government's views on these matters were represented.
> "It would not be appropriate to comment further on the case prior
to the House of Lords handing down its judgment."
> A spokesman for the Scottish information commissioner said: "MoJ
was given leave by the House of Lords to intervene. In its
submissions the MoJ disagreed with certain aspects of the
Commissioner's decision, such as whether the information was actually
held by the CSA and whether individuals could be identified from the
data."
> Chris Ballance, the former Green MSP who has taken an interest in
the case, said: "The Scottish government has powers over the
statistics agency and has the power to make it hand over the figures.
Both governments are now united in making sure local communities
can't access local health statistics. The figures should be handed
over."
>
www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2246188.0.leukaemia_a
nd_nuclear_power_whats_the_secret.php
>
>
>
> Help the US become Radiation Free by 2033!
> www.radiation.org
>
> Cathy Garger
> www.mytown.ca/garger
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