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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:41 PM Original message |
Cold War Remnant: Cancer for Baby Boomers |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here's the thing...just like "oil feeds my family"...many of us were... |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. I remember milk getting dumped |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I also remember playing with tar bubbles |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Other toxic memories |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I'd forgotten about the DDT spraying! |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. We had "tar bubbles" on our playground. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. yep, yep, yep.... |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. So we really should have single payer, since the government is responsible |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. That is a damn good point. We should have FREE health care. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. A great point |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. The nuclear industry is TOO POWERFUL to admit they're killing people |
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Mulehead (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are reparations in order? |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Baby teeth lock in strontium -90 as it is a calcium mimic and is absorbed by teeth and bones |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not to mention us "Downwinders" |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. I think the point of the OP is that there are a lot of people living |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Wow - that's amazing |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. My husband, who lived south of Bufalo at the time, recalls being warned |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. I lived south of Buffalo when I was a kid |
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PJPhreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. I always wondered about this, |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. I also suspect the high number of thyroid problems are traceable |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. My wife has a bad thyroid |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. My entire family has thyroid issues and we are "downwinders" |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Even Fox News Reported on increases in Thyroid Cancers near nuclear plants |
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darkstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was/am? part of the St. Louis baby teeth study |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. That is really interesting information everyone should know about |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. What about the 300 tons of depleted uranium used in Gulf War I and 1500 tons used in Gulf War II |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. I don't think you are a "loony conspiracist." History--true history, not the refurbished kind--has |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Casualties ARE a primary concern: Casualty Production by radiological agents is... |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. I grew up in Southeast Arizona. I personally knew persons that EVERY YEAR |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
60. LOL, what paranoid BS. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
59. Hey - NEVER give up this battle. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. maybe this explains it |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I lost three female cousins (brain cancer) - two were in their early forties. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. thank you |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. When I was 11 years old I developed a huge goiter on my neck |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. When all is said and done |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Here is one study showing more than 60 Million cancer deaths from nuclear ... |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. Wow - thanks for this |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. The Nuke industry CANNOT afford to have this info publicly acknowledged |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. You can check your own estimated I-131 exposure here (link) (National Cancer Institute site |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
28. One reason Strontium 90 is so scarydangerous is it mimics Calcium and is absorbed by bones and teeth |
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darkstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Right...that's exactly why they wanted the teeth |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Radiation is absorbed into the teeth in utero |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. Tihs has been the most educational thread I've read on DU today. I had NO IDEA |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. Many many who've died of cancer were killed by the US nuke program |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think that generally speaking, it's hard to point to one person with thyroid |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Pretty much almost all thyroid cancer is caused by radiation |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Have you ever seen information about the loss of thyroid function |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I believe there are studies on it at Mangano's website |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Thank you. Given the number of different toxic exposures |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. It is not so hard to prove epidemiologically - but the Nuke industry |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Info on Thyroid damage (link) |
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condoleeza (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
53. That is a devastatingly scary article |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Many women have had miscarriages/spontaneous abrtions and cannot understand why...it IS disturbing |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. I've been aware of this for some time, but until now I've never made this connection. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Probably, based on the odds...I am sorry... |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
48. My dad remembers when they were told to "stay inside for a few days" |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
49. Were YOU exposed? Find out here (link) if you got DOSED by nuke tests |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. My exposure didn't increase my risk of Thyroid cancer, according to this, but |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Any exposure at all is likely to increase the risk some |
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