6,700 Tons of Contaminated Sand Shipped From Kuwait to Boise

[bananas]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/6-700-Tons-of-Contaminated-by-Dr--Doug-Rokke--Ph-080710-528.html

Headlined on 7/10/08:
6,700 Tons of Contaminated Sand Shipped From Kuwait to Boise

by Dr. Doug Rokke, Ph.D. (Posted by Sherwood Ross) Page 1 of 1 page(s)

(Note: Dr. Doug Rokke is the former Director of the U.S. Army's Depleted Uranium Project. It was his task to clean up the radioactive battlefields of the Gulf War.

Today, this leading opponent of nuclear warfare is vitally concerned that sand contaminated by radioactive munitions exploded in the Middle East has been shipped to Idaho for burial. And more, much more. He asked me to call his warning to public attention. --- Sherwood Ross, Trusted Author, OpEdNews)

During the summer of 1991, the United States military had collected artillery, tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, conventional and unconventional munitions, trucks, etc. at Camp Doha in Kuwait.

As result of carelessness this weapons depot caught fire with consequent catastrophic explosion resulting in death, injury, illness and extensive environmental contamination from depleted uranium and conventional explosives.

Recently the emirate of Kuwait required the United States Department of Defense to remove the contamination. Consequently, over 6,700 tons of contaminated soil sand and other residue was collected and has been shipped back to the United States for burial by American Ecology at Boise Idaho.

When Bob Nichols, an investigative journalist, and I contacted American Ecology we found out that they had absolutely no knowledge of U.S. Army Regulation 700-48, U.S. Army PAM 700-48, U.S. Army Technical Bulletin 9-1300-278, and all of the medical orders dealing with depleted uranium contamination, environmental remediation procedures, safety, and medical care .

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I am amazed that fifteen years after was I asked to clean up the initial DU mess from Gulf War 1 and over ten years since I finished the depleted uranium project that United States Department of Defense officials and others still attempt to justify uranium munitions use while ignoring mandatory requirements.

I am dismayed that Department of Defense and Department of Energy officials and representatives continue personal attacks aimed to silence or discredit those of us who are demanding that medical care be provided to all DU casualties and that environmental remediation is completed in compliance with U.S. Army Regulation 700-48.

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[liberal N proud]

1. Shipping sand around the world...

No wonder we are depleting our energy resources

[yy4me]

2. And then there is the shipping of ice cubes to Maine after

Katrina. The cubes were not contaminated, I know, but we still used gas do drive these cubes all over the country, finally landing in Maine, then leaving the 18 wheelers plugged in at some Maine terminal just to keep the ice frozen. I believe this went on for about a year before some genius realized that we were paying tons of $$$ just to keep the ice from melting and pulled the plug. Never could figure who the rocket-scientist was who ordered that fiasco.

This government doesn't know what it is doing. Simple task or complicated problem, seems as though the main concern is how do we make money for whoever is doing the job, not what is the most logical and safe thing to do.

[DCKit]

3. Coming soon to a playground near you: New Improved DU Fortified Sand! n/t

[cosmik debris]

4. When ever I see someone referring to depleted uranium as

"Nuclear warfare", I just assume that the author is too stupid to tie his own shoe laces and I quit reading right there.

If there is any thing of intelligence in this article, it should not be prefaced with such outlandish stupidity.

Every time I visit this group I am amazed at how much fear and how little knowledge goes into these posts.

Oh well.

[fasttense]

5. See America is good for something.

We could become the world's dump. It would improve our imaginary economy.

[IDemo]

6. Not exactly to Boise

About 70 southeast, in the Owyhee desert

Owyhee desert


Boise (not the Owyhee desert)