From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 19:03:20 MST
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Michael M. Butler wrote:
> >
> > > They won't even tell us that burning exotic composites in open pits in Nevada
> > > at undisclosed (denied outright) locations is a possible health hazard.
> The one location Mike noted is Area 51, where there was
> absolutely no oversight due to national security.
The one location that we have a clear good guess about.
It's not just carbon, it's also whatever else they throw(/threw) at the
low-observables problem. For all I know it could include beryllium, other
weird metals and/or particulates, epoxy amides, nasty mutagenic/carcinogenic
dielectric substances and Ghu knows what else. I also have no idea whether
it's stopped. Hey. why bother stopping when you've already got carte blanche?
> Personally I'd have buried it all underground with one of the nukes they
> were testing next door at the test range.
Next door? More like "down the block." Not a totally bad idea, but it would
have taken an unusual level of cooperation between two rather distinct
tentacles.
Apart from open burning, there are _other_ materials disposition/activity
questions about Rocky Flats and some other locations. Point remains: if there
is a compelling reason, "the government", like just about anyone else, will
lie through their teeth. I swallowed the cover story for the Glomar Explorer,
too.
MMB
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