| From: | pedal4mother@yahoo.com |
| Date: | 14 Jan 2003 18:27:12 -0000 |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | RE: [CPEO-MEF] Digest for cpeo-military@igc.topica.com, issue 684 |
Re: Rebuttal: Some of us don't want the material at all. War making and conducting involves more radioactive material than most of the public desire. Sheila Baker, San Luis Obispo County, home of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. --- cpeo-military@igc.topica.com wrote: > -- Topica Digest -- > > Toxin > By dickboyd@aol.com > > Munitions cleanup advances > By cpeo@cpeo.org > > Re: Depleted Uranium weapons fired by U.S.Navy > onWashington coast(gzc > By christinebettencourt@earthlink.net > > Toxin > By dickboyd@aol.com > > Puerto Rican Groups Vow To Continue Vieques > Protest- Washington Post] > By cpeo@cpeo.org > > Navy May Close Puerto Rico Base : Washington Post, > Jan. 11, 2003 > By cpeo@cpeo.org > > Rules on Environment Concern Pentagon, > WashingtonPost > By cpeo@cpeo.org > > Re: Navy May Close Puerto Rico Base : Washington > Post, > Jan. 11, 2003 > By lsiegel@cpeo.org > > Rebuttal re Navy's 25mm Phalanx DU Contamination > By dzweifel@earthlink.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 22:48:08 EST > From: dickboyd@aol.com > Subject: Toxin > > > > --part1_1e.70dd2bb.2b523f78_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > William H. Sautter of Virginia in a letter to the > Wall Street Journal on > 12/30/02 points out that the word TOXIN refers to > poisonous compounds > produced by living organisms or the related proteins > such as ricin. By this > accounting, perchlorate is NOT a toxin. > > Perhaps the word POISON would be more appropriate > when referring to > perchlorate? > > OK, this is a nitpick, but low doses of TOXINS > produce ANTI-TOXINS that offer > a degree of immunity. Low doses of perchlorate do > not produce an immunity. > Homeopathy does not appear to apply to perchlorate. > > Does the word POISON carry more urgency than the > work TOXIN? Is a neologism > in order? > > > > --part1_1e.70dd2bb.2b523f78_boundary > Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT > COLOR="#0000a0" SIZE=2><B>William H. Sautter of > Virginia in a letter to the Wall Street Journal on > 12/30/02 points out that the word TOXIN refers to > poisonous compounds produced by living organisms or > the related proteins such as ricin. By this > accounting, perchlorate is NOT a toxin.<BR> > <BR> > Perhaps the word POISON would be more appropriate > when referring to perchlorate?<BR> > <BR> > OK, this is a nitpick, but low doses of TOXINS > produce ANTI-TOXINS that offer a degree of immunity. > Low doses of perchlorate do not produce an immunity. > Homeopathy does not appear to apply to > perchlorate.<BR> > <BR> > Does the word POISON carry more urgency than the > work TOXIN? Is a neologism in order?</B></FONT> > > > </HTML> > > --part1_1e.70dd2bb.2b523f78_boundary-- > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:44:20 -0500 > From: cpeo <cpeo@cpeo.org> > Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Munitions cleanup advances > > > Friday, January 10, 2003 > Munitions cleanup advances > Ordnance left over from Camp Beale > Daniel Witter > Appeal-Democrat > > Cleanup of unexploded ordnance in Yuba County in the > former Camp Beale > area could cost up to $40 million, according to the > U.S. Army Corps of > Engineers. > > The cost estimate was discussed with homeowners in > the area Thursday. > Homeowners also got a glimpse at how much ordnance > may be on their > property. > > In the next year and a half, property owners who > give their consent > could have the ordnance removed at the federal > government's expense. > > The Corps, along with the Restoration Advisory > Board, displayed the > preliminary results of testing and cleanup costs on > more than 60 > properties that were once part of the camp's firing > ranges. > > The diagrams show the paths where Corps teams walked > through properties > with special equipment looking for unexploded > munitions such as bombs, > hand grenades and other military projectiles. > > The weapons were fired when Camp Beale - a U.S. Army > base that is now > present day Beale Air Force base - was nearly twice > its current size and > spread into western Nevada County. > > While the army cleaned up as much of the munitions > on the surface as it > could, technology at the time did not detect buried > ordnance and > casings, said Ted Asch, a geophysicist with the > Corps. > > This article can be viewed at: > http://www.appeal-democrat.com/archive/2003/011003/11103dlwOrdnanace.shtml > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 14:51:14 -0800 > From: christinebettencourt@earthlink.net > Subject: Re: [CPEO-MEF] Depleted Uranium weapons > fired by U.S.Navy onWashington coast(gzc > > > > Dear Shanti, > > Thank you for your valuable information on depleted > uranium. Can you please > tell me how to confirm DU is on Fort Ord Army base's > impact area which is > scheduled for open burning. Gulf War veterans > practiced there and records > are missing, so there is a convenient denial of any > toxics in order to > proceed with developement agendas. > Thank you very much. > > Christine Bettencourt > (831) 674-1773 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Shanti Renfrew <autodelete66@yahoo.com> > To: cpeo-military <cpeo-military@igc.topica.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:50 AM > Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Depleted Uranium weapons fired > by U.S.Navy onWashington > coast(gzcente > > > > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
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