CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY

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Here’s the report that top officials of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention thought was too hot for the public to handle—and the story behind it.

"Great Lakes Danger Zones?"
http://www.publicintegrity.org/GreatLakes/index.htm

http://www.publicintegrity.org/podcast/GreatLakesPodcast.mp3

"Lawmakers probe delay"

"Delay of report blamed on politics"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...AR2008021702186.html

"Congressional Panel Calls for Release of CDC Report About the Great Lakes; Congress Begins Probe of CDC"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-lake...feb29,1,512065.story

"Group Exposes Hidden U.S. Report"
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=716884

"Secret Great Lakes Study Probed; Dingell, Stupak Investigate Possibility of White House Role in Withholding Findings of Health Troubles in Region"
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080...802290376/1409/METRO

Is the CDC Covering Up the Cancer Threat in Great Lakes States? (Art Levine in The Huffington Post)

"The investigative group Center for Public Integrity this morning posted bootlegged portions of what appears to be a disturbing—and purportedly suppressed—government report about environmental contamination across the Great Lakes region." (John Harder in Thinking Harder—A Science Journalist's Open Notebook)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-levine/is-the-cdc-cov...g-up-th_b_85643.html

Bootlegged report spells trouble for eight states
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/thinking-harder/2008/2/7/bo...-8-states.html?msg=1

More on GOOGLE:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=great+lakes+danger...s&btnG=Google+Search

Artvoice - The $26 Billion Dollar Question
http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n11/the_26_billion_question
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Awesome. Thank you.

I wanted GL issues to be central to Campaign 2008 since most of the 8 GL states are blue -- but neither Clinton of NY (a GL state) nor Obama of IL (another GL state) has said anything of particular significance regarding the GL issues -- water, pollution &c.

6 9292008 great lakes cleanup Funding is extended signed by the POTUS with the Mostest 7

Article published Monday, September 29, 2008 Congress approves Great Lakes cleanup bill ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Congress has approved a bill that would extend for two years a federal program to clean up areas of pollution and contaminated sediment in the Great Lakes. The House voted 411-9 Sunday in favor of the measure authorizing the Environmental Protection Agency to spend $54 million a year over the next two years for the project. The measure is headed to President Bush, who is expected to sign it. The original five-year bill, passed in 2003, was to expire this year. The House had sought $150 million a year over five years for the cleanup operation, but acceded to the lower level passed by the Senate last week. “While it is unfortunate that we could not pass the bill at the funding level approved by the House, I am excited that this cleanup program will continue without interruption,” said Rep. Vernon Ehlers, R-Mich., the sponsor. The EPA will contribute 65 percent of the funding for cleanup projects in polluted areas, with the rest being covered by state and local governments, environmental groups and other stakeholders, Ehlers’ office said Sunday. Environment America, a Washington-based coalition of citizen-funded advocacy organizations, called reauthorization of the bill “an important step toward cleaning up toxic pollution in the Great Lakes. ... but significant work remains. Tens of millions of cubic yards of contaminated sediment still need to be removed from rivers and harbors.” Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., said last week that although progress has been made in reducing discharges of chemicals into the lakes, “high concentrations of contaminants still remain at the bottom of a number of rivers and harbors in the region and continue to pose a risk to aquatic life, wildlife and humans. “It is important that the federal government continue to show its commitment to cleaning up the Great Lakes,” she said. 6
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Originally posted by NuclearLou:
Thanks RB.
this is old news , we had this report months ago , as did senator Obama , no doubt .


Glad to provide this info--well, sort of.

Unfortunately, it's not good news for anyone around the Great Lakes, especially us here along the Niagara River Corridor. This report represents far-reaching quality of life issues and health ramifications. It also impacts our children and children's children.

While this issue SHOULD be a priority, it's not just the Blue State representatives that have ignored it. The Red State-ers and everyone should be concerned that the leader of the Free World has hidden and suppressed this report.

That's what is most unfortunate for all of us and there's much more to this than meets the eye or makes the news. For instance, this media has never even covered the subject and yet this report has consequence to each and every local resident.
Glad to provide this info--well, sort of.

now for something that matters .
below Senator Obama discusses his feelings on our national anthem



Obama Explains National Anthem Stance



Hot on the heels of his explanation for why he no longer wears a flag pin, presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was forced to explain why he doesn't follow protocol when the National Anthem is played.

According to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171, During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart.

'As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides,' Obama said. 'There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all. It should be swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.' If that were our anthem, then I might salute it.'



WHAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!



Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this could possibly be our next president. I, for once, am speechless .

(For those of you to young to remember, the song he is referring to is a COCA COLA JINGLE from the '70's!!!! OK that makes sense how? A commercial jingle should be our new national anthem because this MORON can't understand the national anthem is NOT promoting war but celebrating our FREEDOM which we had to fight to obtain! Lord, please spare us!)

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Start a thread about it. What part of "infant mortality" and "cancer" isn't being understood?

BUSH SUPPRESSES GREAT LAKES HEALTH REPORT ON INFANT MORTALITY AND CANCER RATES

Unfortunately, it's not good news for anyone around the Great Lakes (does NOT include downstate....) especially us here along the Niagara River Corridor.

This report represents far-reaching quality of life issues and health ramifications. It also impacts our children and children's children.

While this issue SHOULD be a priority, it's not just the Blue State representatives that have ignored it. The Red State-ers and everyone should be concerned that the leader of the Free World has hidden and suppressed this report.

That is what's most unfortunate (and important) for all of us here. There's much more to this than meets the eye or makes the news. For instance, this media (Niagara Gazette) has never even covered the subject and yet this report has consequence to each and every local resident.
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And NOT related to the National Anthem in any way. Posts and rumors from UrbanLegends.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/barackobama/a/obama_anthem.htm

..On a thread with the words "infant mortality" and "cancer" in it -- to post urban legend and political rhetoric...?

Yes Lord, please spare us. What part of "infant mortality" and "cancer" isn't being understood?
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Originally posted by mike of the mountain:

this is old news , we had this report months ago , as did senator Obama , no doubt .

I can't speak for the Senator, but yes this has been public for much longer than most people realize. From what I understand, it was a grass roots effort that got the whole issue into the investigation phase and the ultimate public release. It's nice to see people actually taking action instead of simply jumping on the band wagon.

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Don't minimize the importance of this report to this community.

Nothing "grass roots" about it. The news piece says nothing of the sort. This report was leaked to the reporter here of record, Ms. Sheila Kaplan - Listen to the PodCast - . It is very unlikely that any Senator would have been made aware of this report since it's NEVER BEEN PUBLIC, only excerpts here.
Provide a link to the FULL REPORT. STILL NOT Released!
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By Sheila Kaplan

For more than seven months, the nation’s top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states, reportedly because it contains such potentially “alarming information” as evidence of elevated infant mortality and cancer rates.
Researchers found low birth weights, elevated rates of infant mortality and premature births, and elevated death rates from breast cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer.

The 400-plus-page study, Public Health Implications of Hazardous Substances in the Twenty-Six U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern, was undertaken by a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the request of the International Joint Commission, an independent bilateral organization that advises the U.S. and Canadian governments on the use and quality of boundary waters between the two countries. The study was originally scheduled for release in July 2007 by the IJC and the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

The Center for Public Integrity has obtained the study, which warns that more than nine million people who live in the more than two dozen “areas of concern”—including such major metropolitan areas as Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and Milwaukee—may face elevated health risks from being exposed to dioxin, PCBs, pesticides, lead, mercury, or six other hazardous pollutants.

In many of the geographic areas studied, researchers found low birth weights, elevated rates of infant mortality and premature births, and elevated death rates from breast cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer.

Since 2004, dozens of experts have reviewed various drafts of the study, including senior scientists at the CDC, Environmental Protection Agency, and other federal agencies, as well as scientists from universities and state governments, according to sources familiar with the history of the project.

“It raises very important questions,” Dr. Peter Orris, a professor at the University of Illinois School of Public Health in Chicago and one of three experts who reviewed the study for ATSDR, told the Center. While Orris acknowledged that the study does not determine cause and effect—a point the study itself emphasizes—its release, he said, is crucial to pointing the way for further research. “Communities could demand that those questions be answered in a more systematic way,” he said. “Not to release it is putting your head under the sand.”

In a December 2007 letter to ATSDR in which he called for the release of the study, Orris wrote: “This report, which has taken years in production, was subjected to independent expert review by the IJC’s Health Professionals Task Force and other boards, over 20 EPA scientists, state agency scientists from New York and Minnesota, three academics (including myself), and multiple reviews within ATSDR. As such, this is perhaps the most extensively critiqued report, internally and externally, that I have heard of.”

Last July, several days before the study was to be released, ATSDR suddenly withdrew it, saying that it needed further review. In a letter to Christopher De Rosa, then the director of the agency’s division of toxicology and environmental medicine, Dr. Howard Frumkin, ATSDR’s chief, wrote that the quality of the study was “well below expectations.” When the Center contacted Frumkin’s office, a spokesman said that he was not available for comment and that the study was “still under review.”

De Rosa, who oversaw the study and has pressed for its release, referred the Center’s requests for an interview to ATSDR’s public affairs office, which, over a period of two weeks, has declined to make him available for comment. In an e-mail obtained by the Center, De Rosa wrote to Frumkin that the delay in publishing the study has had “the appearance of censorship of science and distribution of factual information regarding the health status of vulnerable communities.”

Some members of Congress seem to agree. In a February 6, 2008, letter to CDC director Dr. Julie Gerberding, who’s also administrator of ATSDR, a trio of powerful congressional Democrats—including Rep. Bart Gordon of Tennessee, chairman of the Committee on Science and Technology—complained about the delay in releasing the report. The Center for Public Integrity obtained a copy of the letter to Gerberding, which notes that the full committee is reviewing “disturbing allegations about interference with the work of government scientists” at ATSDR. “You and Dr. Frumkin were made aware of the Committee’s concerns on this matter last December,” the letter adds, “but we have still not heard any explanation for the decision to cancel the release of the report.”

Canadian biologist Michael Gilbertson, a former IJC staffer and another of the three peer reviewers, told the Center that the study has been suppressed because it suggests that vulnerable populations have been harmed by industrial pollutants. “It’s not good because it’s inconvenient,” Gilbertson said. “The whole problem with all this kind of work is wrapped up in that word ‘injury.’ If you have injury, that implies liability. Liability, of course, implies damages, legal processes, and costs of remedial action. The governments, frankly, in both countries are so heavily aligned with, particularly, the chemical industry, that the word amongst the bureaucracies is that they really do not want any evidence of effect or injury to be allowed out there.”

The IJC requested the study in 2001. Researchers selected by the ATSDR not only reviewed data from hazardous waste sites, toxic releases, and discharges of pollutants but also, for the first time, mapped the locations of schools, hospitals, and other facilities to assess the proximity of vulnerable populations to the sources of environmental contaminants. In March 2004, an official of the IJC wrote to De Rosa to thank him for his role in the study, saying that he was “enthusiastic about sharing this information with Great Lakes Basin stakeholders and governments,” and adding, “You are to be commended for your extraordinary efforts.”

Unlike his Canadian counterpart, however, the ATSDR’s Frumkin seems anything but thankful. De Rosa, a highly respected scientist with a strong international reputation from his 15 years in charge of ATSDR’s division of toxicology and environmental medicine, was demoted after he pushed Frumkin to publish the Great Lakes report and other studies. De Rosa is seeking reinstatement to his former position, claiming that Frumkin illegally retaliated against him. Phone calls to ATSDR seeking comment about the pending personnel dispute were not returned.

“I think this is really pretty outrageous, both to Chris personally and to the report,” Dr. David Carpenter, a professor of public health at the State University of New York at Albany and another of ATSDR’s peer reviewers, told the Center for Public Integrity.

Some members of Congress have also taken De Rosa’s side. That same February 6 letter to Gerberding, which was co-signed by Rep. Brad Miller of North Carolina, chairman of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the Science and Technology Committee, and Rep. Nick Lampson of Texas, chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, expressed concern that “management may have retaliated against” De Rosa for blowing the whistle on ATSDR’s conduct related to this investigation and another involving work on formaldehyde in trailers supplied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. “The public is well served by federal employees willing to speak up when federal agencies act improperly, and Congress depends upon whistle blowers for effective oversight,” the letter states. “We will not tolerate retaliation against any whistle blowers.”

Barry Johnson, a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service and a former assistant administrator of ATSDR, told the Center that before he left in 1999 he recommended that the agency investigate the dangers that chemical contaminants might pose to residents of the Great Lakes states.

“This research is quite important to the public health of people who reside in that area,” Johnson said of the study. “It was done with the full knowledge and support of IJC, and many local health departments went through this in various reviews. I don’t understand why this work has not been released; it should be and it must be released. In 37 years of public service, I’ve never run into a situation like this.”

Sheila Kaplan is a journalist who divides her time between Washington, D.C., and Northern California. Research support for this story was provided by the Nation Institute Investigative Fund.

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Originally posted by mike of the mountain:this is old news , we had this report months ago

Hey Mike Don’t feel you need to chime in here, but did you have information about this before the first blog posting in early February too?

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Originally posted by leader of the pack:

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Originally posted by mike of the mountain:this is old news , we had this report months ago

Hey Mike, Don’t feel you need to chime in here, but did you have information about this before the first blog posting in early February too?

yes of course i had it ,thanks to your efforts, thank you very much.
i thought everyone else had it back then too ,

i guess some people didn't have any connections or contacts with the grass roots efforts so they were not to be notified and did not get notified earlier ...
now they claim they have discovered something .... a few months late and a few dollars short ... typical .
qualified people are already dealing with it.

still i am sure that if we had it Senator Obama had it first , i don't see any hint of a discussion regarding the subject from his people though, they seem to be to busy dealing with his other blunders .

speaking of Senator Obama's Blunders ,here is another

What the media is NOT telling you is that Barack Hussein Obama does, in fact, have a legislative record in the Senate and one of his proudest accomplishments is The Global Poverty Act (S. 2433).

But wait just a minute! Isn't combating poverty around the world a noble goal?

Well... the devil, as they say, is in the details!

Some conservative leaders are already sounding the alarm and telling us that, if passed, Barack Hussein Obama's Global Poverty Act will commit us to a stealth United Nations-inspired global tax of $845 Billion dollars... that comes to approximately an $8500.00 tax burden for every household in the United States!

Cliff Kincaid of Accuracy in Media wrote:

"[T]he legislation, if approved, dedicates 0.7 percent of the U.S. gross national product to foreign aid, which... would amount to $845 billion 'over and above what the U.S. already spends.'"

"The plan passed the House in 2007 'because most members didn't realize what was in it.' Congressional sponsors have been careful not to calculate the amount of foreign aid spending that it would require."

Remember the Food for Oil Scandal? Let's face it; the United Nation's actual record on ending pain and suffering around the world is pathetic and dismal.

The questions to ask are, first, how much of our money that goes to the United Nations right now actually winds up lining the pockets of third-world dictators and despots? And, second, if Obama's plan succeeds, how much of his new $845 billion giveaway will end up in those same pockets?

Barack Obama's Global Poverty Act MUST be STOPPED! Time is of the essence! Obama's Global Poverty Act actually has the support of some prominent RINOs such as Senator Richard Lugar and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph Biden, who just pushed Obama's world welfare bill out of committee. It could be up for a vote in the Senate AT ANY TIME!

Barack Obama MUST be stopped. But more importantly, his so-called Global Poverty Act -- which has already passed in the House (because most Members simply didn't know what was in it) and is presently being pushed through the Senate -- MUST be stopped.

Why not start a political rhetoric thread for the above garbage?

Is it too much for you guys to be concerned about infant mortality or local cancer rates?
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Here’s the report that top officials of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention thought was too hot for the public to handle—and the story behind it.

"Great Lakes Danger Zones?"
http://www.publicintegrity.org/GreatLakes/index.htm

http://www.publicintegrity.org/podcast/GreatLakesPodcast.mp3

"Lawmakers probe delay"

"Delay of report blamed on politics"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...AR2008021702186.html

"Congressional Panel Calls for Release of CDC Report About the Great Lakes; Congress Begins Probe of CDC"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-lake...feb29,1,512065.story

"Group Exposes Hidden U.S. Report"
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=716884

"Secret Great Lakes Study Probed; Dingell, Stupak Investigate Possibility of White House Role in Withholding Findings of Health Troubles in Region"
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080...802290376/1409/METRO

Is the CDC Covering Up the Cancer Threat in Great Lakes States? (Art Levine in The Huffington Post)

"The investigative group Center for Public Integrity this morning posted bootlegged portions of what appears to be a disturbing—and purportedly suppressed—government report about environmental contamination across the Great Lakes region." (John Harder in Thinking Harder—A Science Journalist's Open Notebook)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-levine/is-the-cdc-cov...g-up-th_b_85643.html

Bootlegged report spells trouble for eight states
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/thinking-harder/2008/2/7/bo...-8-states.html?msg=1

More on GOOGLE:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=great+lakes+danger...s&btnG=Google+Search

Artvoice - The $26 Billion Dollar Question
http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n11/the_26_billion_question
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6 nuclearlou Senior Member Posts: 149 Date: Sun May 14 3:41 AM, 2006 Views: 133 Quote | Reply RE: NUCLEARLOU = AMATEUR BULLY Hey there littleRichardheadofthemountain: Once they take money for this kind of thing, they become the whore. My "fault?" How's that? You seem confused. Previously, you thought all water flowed into the CWM site because of "negative pressure." Shall we go find that post of yours? They say the discharge will be treated. (Speaking of which: How'd that work out for you with the penicillin?)
I thought that YOU were in support of the Niagara County Department of Health's opinion on all things??

YOU'VE previously claimed that there's no problem with Lewiston's water supply and that you have "every confidence in the NCDH,"

you use their *STD services, blah, blah, etc. Take it up with them. I have no control over permits.

Besides, you've stated in the past that "the water in Lewiston-Porter is fine" don't you remember? Since there's already Plutonium in the river and lake water that's likely from the LOOW site--

so what's a little more waste, right dipWad? The NCDH says this is fine and I'm supposed to argue with them... or your sorry donkey? Hardly. It's either One way OR the Other MountainDolly. To do both is called "Waffling." WE can't have it both ways, now can we...? Does the little girl want the dress AND the ice cream today? You seem to whine and do this a whole lot. Maybe you feel that you are entitled but most rational-sane folks know that you can't have it both ways... "You can't have your Kate and Edith too." Unless you're a Mormon living in Utah--I guess. POLYGAMY-OPINIONGAMY? Or perhaps, a sociopathic-meglomaniacal-egocentric garage mechanic that's both from and is, Hopeless. Write or CALL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT like you've done and posted here in the past. Don't sling shi^ at me little-RichardGirly-punk unless you want that busy nose of your's rubbed in it .. You either trust them or you don't. Which is it? (Hmm. Yes, that's girly waffling For Sure!) Nod, shake, or hang your head in disgust filled agreement...read below. Disgusting, yes, just like before. When you and your radically jerky pot-headed cousin Dovey (Jxxxx Vxxx Bxxx--Wxxxxx, NY) crashed the Lewiston enviro and Niagara threads over at the Gazette that had been looked at by people seeking info 20,000 times? You smallpeople Have No Shame At All, none, and really should have piles of it--instead of piles of this other crap .... Ignorance really must be bliss. Stupidity too! 20,000 views and those threads were pulled because of your Trolling...nope, you have no shame at all and have also shown it quite well here on this forum countless times, including now. Yes, ignorance must certainly be bliss. I don't make public blog comments about CWM, especially when directed/commanded to do so by "Foreigners." I live here, you don't dipWad. Post your home address from 450 miles away with your comments about them (CWM) when and IF you do .. Then Big-Girl, IF you're able to put together ten coherent sentences (doubtful), why don't you write a letter to the newspaper editor and spend your energy more wisely than here--littleRichardheadofthemountain? And YOU'RE supposedly the wisest one in your family?

*Mike of the Mountain is Mr. Mxxxx Wxxx, from Mike Webb's Fxxx Cxx Rxxxx Gxxxxx, Rxx xx in Hxxxx Jxxxx, New York. (Just in case any employee from CWM (waste company) wants to contact him (waste) directly with their comments... Episode 17 of The Soprano's is his favorite, so I'm told.)
Have a HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

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a now for something that matters , something that the general public can do something about , something that affects all of us everywhere.
below Senator Obama discusses his feelings on our national anthem
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below Senator Obama discusses his feelings on our national anthem



Obama Explains National Anthem Stance



Hot on the heels of his explanation for why he no longer wears a flag pin, presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was forced to explain why he doesn't follow protocol when the National Anthem is played.

According to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171, During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart.

'As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides,' Obama said. 'There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all. It should be swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.' If that were our anthem, then I might salute it.'



WHAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!



Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this could possibly be our next president. I, for once, am speechless .

(For those of you to young to remember, the song he is referring to is a COCA COLA JINGLE from the '70's!!!! OK that makes sense how? A commercial jingle should be our new national anthem because this MORON can't understand the national anthem is NOT promoting war but celebrating our FREEDOM which we had to fight to obtain! Lord, please spare us!)

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Originally posted by mike of the mountain:[color:BLUE]yes of course i had it ,thanks to your efforts, thank you very much.
i thought everyone else had it back then too ,

i guess some people didn't have any connections or contacts with the grass roots efforts so they were not to be notified and did not get notified earlier ...
now they claim they have discovered something ... a few months late and a few dollars short ... typical .
qualified people are already dealing with it.

Don’t thank me, I just passed it along. I don’t want to shoot the messenger here, but people from all over the country assisted in bringing this to light. The person who sent it to me had a hand in it somehow.

This is an extremely important issue and I don’t believe anyone here has indicated otherwise. There is no need for grandstanding or finger pointing because the report speaks for itself.

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Talking about kids and cancer, I thought this worthy of passing along

"Environmental factors might play a role, including exposure to radiation, said lead author Dr. Jun Li of the CDC. Radiation has been linked with the most common types of childhood cancer — leukemia, lymphoma and brain cancer."


http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=4976598

I saw that one this morning, thank you for posting the link Michele. The headline really makes your heart stop doesn't it?

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Funny is how all of these things are seen "this morning" or "hand delivered from grass-roots organizations" but otherwise NOT posted here except by a few.
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MicheleB: Thanks for posting that very important link this a.m. about the association between radiation exposures, childhood cancers and leukemia. That's the reason expectant mothers aren't supposed to get X-rays during a pregnancy.
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Talking about kids and cancer, I thought this worthy of passing along

"Environmental factors might play a role, including exposure to radiation, said lead author Dr. Jun Li of the CDC. Radiation has been linked with the most common types of childhood cancer — leukemia, lymphoma and brain cancer."

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=4976598

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This is also the reason that I've been emphasizing the SAIC Gamma Radiation Survey report that was done on the Lewiston-Porter school campus and the U.B. study calling for the school's immediate relocation.

With the number of uncontained sources of ionizing (a, b, y) radiation around here from these dirty .mil-industrial practices and disposals, there can be little wonder about why our rates (of cancers and infant mortality) are so high.

There's also little wonder now about why the Great Lakes report was suppressed.