Uranium & Nuclear: Most Dangerous Con Job

Most Dangerous Con Job Burke Connection Elmer M. Savilla 16 July The biggest and most dangerous con job ever dealt the American people happened in 1953, when the federal government told the people that nuclear generated electrical power was safe power, and would be so cheap that it would not pay to put it through your home’s meter. The electricity may be safe power, but it is not cheap. But the nuclear power used to generate that electricity is the world’s most dangerous threat to mankind today and will remain so for millions of years, if we last that long. The plutonium created by the process of nuclear fission is indestructible and exposure to it can kill in a minute. The results of that scam has cost thousands of innocent Americans, Pacific Islanders, Utah Downwinders and others in our world their lives and that of their families, as well as their property…………………
……………..The serious accident that I refer to here happened the same year as Three Mile Island on July 16, 1979 near the little Native American community of Church Rock, N.M., where the Pueblo people had lived for centuries, peacefully tending their sheep and raising their crops with water from the Puerco River.

On July 16, 30 years ago, a dirt dam built by a uranium mine and milling facility was filled to capacity, yet continued to discharge uranium mill waste into the dam. The dam burst its banks and 90 million gallons of liquid radioactive waste, and 1,100 tons of solid mill waste created a flood of deadly material that has permanently contaminated the Puerco River bed with radioactivity.

The spill formed toxic ponds where children splashed unaware of the danger. The flood washed across fields where animals grazed. The tribe’s water supply has been permanently damaged. Flood waters continued downstream into Arizona, contaminating more communities. This was an unpublished tragedy and went unnoticed by most Americans

Yet, five weeks after the dam burst, the mine and mill operator was back in business, while the Church Rock community had to truck in water.

The Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency share responsibility here, but to this date, nothing has been done……………………………………….Three Mile Island received media attention, but in this case, it only involved a Native American community. Could it be that because it was a politically powerless Native American tribe unable to prevent race-based discrimination, that the DOE, EPA, HHS and IHS, all of whom have a trust responsibility for the people, their environment and their safety, do not feel an obligation here? I ask the American people to join in demanding an answer.

LETTER: Most Dangerous Con Job