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California
Sandy fire burns near former nuclear test site, triggering air monitoring efforts
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".. fire is burning near a toxic waste area in the Simi Valley where a partial nuclear meltdown once took place, sparking concerns about the potential for contaminants to be released should the area catch fire."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-21/sandy-fire-burns-near-former-nuclear-test-site-officials-monitor-air

again and again and again ..

#AEC #Atomkraft #Atommüll #BurnPit #contamination #DOE #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #Rocketdyne #SimiValley #SRE #SSFL #USA

Sandy fire burns near former nuclear test site; officials monitor air

The Ventura County Fire Department announced Wednesday evening that air quality monitoring is being conducted around the fire’s perimeter due to the blaze’s proximity to the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.

Los Angeles Times

From @adamkinzinger on Dead🐦 (posted Dec 1, 2024):

Insane article. The vast majority of this increase is because we were exposed to burn pits in #Iraq and #Afghanistan. It’s our generation’s agent orange.

As a #BurnPit veteran myself, The Economist is absolutely wrong here. My guess is there were no burn pit vets on the board that wrote this.
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#Vets #Military

Revealed: House speaker did little to fight #toxic#burnpit’ his father campaigned against
#MikeJohnson’s #creationist beliefs clash with #environmental realities in a district where many residents hold deep concerns about #pollution
A terse back and forth followed between #SpeakerJohnson and his father, his stepmother said. “He just wasn’t interested,” she said. “He had other things to do. He was never interested in environmental things.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/13/mike-johnson-creationist-beliefs-clash-with-climate-facts
Revealed: House speaker did little to fight toxic ‘burn pit’ his father campaigned against

Mike Johnson’s creationist beliefs clash with environmental realities in a district where many residents hold deep concerns about pollution

The Guardian

Residents of #Colfax #Louisiana are continuing to fight against Clean Harbors’ #BurnPit, as they find themselves facing #FoodInsecurity. In this rural town, people who were once able to supplement their food supply with home raised chicken or garden vegetables are no longer able to spend the time outdoors needed to tend to their gardens/livestock.

#Environment #Health

https://lailluminator.com/2023/01/28/the-rock-residents-once-lived-off-the-land-they-blame-a-burn-pit-for-turning-it-toxic/

‘The Rock’ residents once lived off the land. They blame a burn pit for turning it toxic. - Louisiana Illuminator

Residents of The Rock wonder how long they ate the eggs of cancerous chickens they raised outside their home.

Louisiana Illuminator
The way the USA uses veterans while simultaneously fucking them over is abhorrent. The #burnpit law that republicans in the senate halted in its tracks is so typical of the way they do business. In the USA, nothing is more patriotic than military service. However, as Jon Stewart said yesterday, we (vets) get cast as heroes, not human beings. That means politicians get to use as a reason to vote for them because patriotism, but they don’t need to take care of us, because we are heroes, and heroes can handle anything without help.