why do we allow things like this to happen?
October 26th, 2009 | by admin |EPA investigating waste at Camp Lejeune By ESTES THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer
Tue Jul 10, 5:37 PM ET
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether cancer-causing radioactive material was buried in the 1980s near a rifle range at Camp Lejeune, the Marine Corps’ primary base on the Atlantic Ocean.
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A recently recovered Navy document dated 1981 said the material included 160 pounds of soil and two animal carcasses laced with strontium-90, an isotope that causes cancer and leukemia.
"We are looking into this information to determine if we need to sample and where," said Dawn Harris-Young, a spokeswoman for the EPA’s regional office in Atlanta. "It’s really early."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_re_us/marines_radioactive_waste
Because all decisions are made by human beings & all human beings are fallible.
6 Responses to “why do we allow things like this to happen?”
By yupchagee on Oct 27, 2009 | Reply
Because all decisions are made by human beings & all human beings are fallible.
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By sentrynox on Oct 27, 2009 | Reply
Did you ever know that our government were not always responsible… I think we got another proof here!!
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By cosmicwindwalker on Oct 27, 2009 | Reply
if this is true – it could only be because they are using the military as Guinea pigs.
there are some real sick minds out there and in a position to do some pretty destructive things.
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By Miss Kitty on Oct 27, 2009 | Reply
We don’t any more, we’ve learned a lot since the 80’s.
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By Frank on Oct 27, 2009 | Reply
yupchagee said it.
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By Paul Grass on Oct 27, 2009 | Reply
The EPA has always been a joke, it effected many of us. Of course the VA is very slow to pay out claims, and for some our fighting men and women have always been Guinna pigs or lab rats!
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