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Remember Erin Brockovich?

appomatox’s posterous by , Jane Kollmer17 June 09  Four counties in the lower Hudson Valley of New York are reported to have the highest rates of thyroid cancer in the nation. With alarming statistics coming from a specific region, health experts are looking for the culprit, which appears to be the nearby Indian Point Power Plant.The plant produces and emits radioactive iodine particles, which when they enter the human body, attack thyroid cells and lead to cancer and other problems such as hypothyroidism. About 300 residents in the four surrounding counties are diagnosed with thyroid cancer each year……………………………….This is to those who believe that open pit uranium mines and mills can be GOOD for you, ie: thinking that uranium ore equals radiation for cancer treatment. No matter how you cut it, radiation is dangerous for humans………………………The difference between using radiation as cancer treatment and radiation that occurs in mining and milling is that there is some transparency in the former.

Remember Erin Brockovich? Image Mag – appomattox’s posterous

June 17, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive