[v911t] Navy lying to Vieques, Puerto Rico about bombing "cleanup" Resent-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:10:01 -0500 (CDT) Citizens of the U.S. and Puerto Rico must now demand, in no uncertain terms: NO MORE FIRING, BURNING, AND EXPLODING TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE MUNITIONS INTO OUR OPEN AIR! The US government has been at this for over 60 years inside the US, Puerto Rico, and islands off the coasts in both the Atlantic (MA) and Pacific. They will continue for another 60 years, too... That is... IF we let them! Open air explosions of toxic and hazardous, lethal, radioactive materials are ILLEGAL under international law. These open air detonations violate international laws that protect our BASIC Human Rights. http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_26286.shtml OR http://tinyurl.com/3e2swx Don't our kids, grand kids, and all our future generations deserve better than this?! Please pass this around widely. By your forwarding this and helping it to get passed around the world? Perhaps some attorney will read this and help the residents of Vieques, Puerto Rico take appropriate and just legal action. Because right now, as things stand? Uncle Sam is A-OK with radioactively poisoning the air, water, and soil our children and all our future descendants depend upon to survive. Radiation KILLS. And yet this is of no consequence to those in power, as it is used widely and environmentally dispersed without discretion by both the US Department of War and the Department of [Nuclear] Energy. Also, read Dr. Doug Rokke's discussion of the Vieques contamination situation: http://www.viequeslibre.addr.com/rokke.htm Recent news story: "Vieques Cleanup A Noisy, Explosive [Deadly] Process" http://tinyurl.com/3rtxrq Thank you so very much in advance for doing whatever you can to help spread the word! With thanks to Wes Rehberg for the info below. Best, Cathy Garger www.mytown.ca/garger From the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques (CPRDV) The Navy & CH2MHill lying to Vieques & Puerto Rico about their bombing range cleanup practices (note -- the cleanup contractor, the Navy bombardment , and the practice of open detonation of unexploded bombing-range ordnance are covered in the Vieques segment of our documentary, "Contaminated Forever," particularly by CPRDV activist Nilda Medina; Vieques has at least a 26 percent higher cancer rate than the main island of Puerto Rico, according to PR's own data; some of that is believed to come from depleted uranium ordnance testing there -- WR) Article written by Dr. Jorge Colon, professor, chemistry department, University of Puerto Rico -- A day before the 9th anniversary of the death of David Sanes in Vieques from a US Navy bomb, once again the Navy and the company contracted for environmental clean up CH2MHill lies to the Viequenses and the people of Puerto Rico. In articles published on April 18, both the Navy and CH2MHill indicated thousands of bombs they are exploding in Vieques cannot be detonated in the controlled detonation chamber because even though CH2MHill builds it (Model T-10), its very small for the type of large bombs found in Vieques The Navy, as well as CH2MHill lie. CH2MHill also builds controlled detonation chambers much larger than those mentioned in the articles (Models T-25, T-30, D-60, D-100 and D-200). I have presented this situation to the Navy, to CH2MHill, the Environmental Quality Board and the EPA at several meetings of the Restoration Adivsory Board in Vieques, indicating that CH2MHill has shown at international conferences about military clean up and that is has built larger detonation chambers being used experimentally in the US and in other parts of the world, by the US Departament of Defense. Some of these chambers can withstand detonation of bombs up to 250 pounds and larger chambers are will be available in the near future. We are not convinced by the Navys argument that they cannot bring one or more of these chambers to Vieques to detonate a large number of the bombs found, because these large chambers are experimental, very costly and do not have approval from related agencies. We believe that just as Vieques could be a model of sustainable development for our country if the community recommendations in the Guidelines for Sustainable Development of Vieques, it could also be a model for the world in the use of these chambers that avoid dispersing dangerous contaminants into the environment during detonation of bombs in closed bases and war zones. Only one powerful reason impedes this from happening: the Navy would have to spend more to buy the chambers from CH2MHill and bring them to Vieques. CH2MHill has a multimillion dollar contract from the Navy for the Vieques clean up. Its not going to bite the hand that feeds it, therefore, it does not mention the larger chambers; however, all Puerto Rico, particularly the government regulatory agencies, should demand the the installation in Vieques of the largest detonation chambers as a condition for continuation of the clean up process. The Environmental Quality Board, the Health Department and other Puerto Rico government agencies and the EPA should Project Vieques from the continuing presence of residuals from 60 years of Navy bombardment. If they do not comply with their ministerial responsibilities, no one should be surprised if the people of Vieques once again turn to civil disobedience to demand justice. Dr. Jorge L. Colsn jlcolon@uprrp.edu Departamento de Qummica Universidad de Puerto Rico P.O. Box 23346 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3346 Tel. 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