http://www.adn.com/2010/03/22/1194421/aleutian-fish-still-contamined.html#ixzz0ixJA4FpV Aleutian fish still contaminated by old military sites Published: March 22nd, 2010 12:31 PM Fish caught in waters near old military sites in the western Aleutian Islands have more chemical contaminants than do fish caught farther away, according to a study reported by KUCB in Unalaska. Biologist Keith Miles of the U.S. Geological Survey… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Environmental Justice
Army Gags Badger Restoration Advisory Board Members
This press release comes from an environmental justice organization in Wisconsin that is fighting to clean up water contaminated by the nearby Army base. The Army has tried to weaken the clean up standard for this project by changing its land use designation. Now when citizen members of the Restoration Advisory Board obtained an independent… Read more »
More on Nuclear Survivors Remembrance Day
http://mvguam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11167:-nuclear-survivors-remembrance-day-&catid=36:bens-pen&Itemid=67 Nuclear Survivors Remembrance Day Tuesday, 02 March 2010 03:26 by Sen. Ben Pangelinan March 1, 2010 marks the 56th year of the explosion of the most devastating instrument of mass destruction of its time and for many decades to come, the nuclear bomb, Code named “Bravo” on the peoples of the Pacific. It was… Read more »
Nuclear survivors worry as U.S. presses for resettlement
http://www.mvariety.com/n-test-affected-islanders-worry-as-us-presses-for-resettlement.php N-test affected islanders worry as US presses for resettlement Tuesday, 02 March 2010 00:00 By Giff Johnson – For Variety MAJURO — Fifty-six years after an American hydrogen bomb blast in the Pacific exposed hundreds of people to radioactive fallout, the U.S. Congress is pressing islanders to return home by next year. March 1… Read more »
Water contamination at Marine base omitted from report
The AP broke the story about the apparent suppression of data on groundwater contamination at Camp Lejeune. Report on Marines’ water omitted cancer chemical Danger of Marines’ water removed from report These revelations led to a call for an investigation by Congressman Brad Miller. Fed probe urged on cancer chemical in Marine water There’s good… Read more »
Philippines: U.S. military pollution linked to deaths
There are photos and video at the original site. >><< http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=67676 Decades later, U.S. military pollution in Philippines linked to deaths By Travis J. Tritten, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines – The U. S. military is long gone from bases in the Philippines, but its legacy remains… Read more »
Vieques: Two daughters with cancer: Is the U.S. to blame?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/01/vieques.illness.part.2/ Two daughters with cancer: Is the U.S. to blame? By Abbie Boudreau and Scott Bronstein, CNN Special Investigations Unit February 2, 2010 11:03 a.m. EST Meet a mother from Vieques and her two daughters who both suffer from cancer on tonight’s Campbell Brown, 8 ET Vieques, Puerto Rico (CNN) — Each day after work,… Read more »
Vieques: Island residents sue U.S., saying military made them sick
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/02/01/vieques.illness/?hpt=C1&imw=Y Island residents sue U.S., saying military made them sick By Abbie Boudreau and Scott Bronstein, CNN Special Investigations Unit February 1, 2010 — Updated 2103 GMT (0503 HKT) Vieques, Puerto Rico (CNN) — Nearly 40 years ago, Hermogenes Marrero was a teenage U.S. Marine, stationed as a security guard on the tiny American island… Read more »
“Vieques: Military Contamination and Health” to air on CNN
The following message was sent by Comite Pro-Rescate y Desarolle de Vieques (Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques): Thanks to Javier Cuebas for the information below. Gracias a Javier S. Cuebas por la información abajo. Dear Friends: CNN is running a two part series on Vieques: Military Contamination and Health Monday, February 1… Read more »
“Close but distant neighbors” – Pearl Harbor and Hickam merge
My understanding is that the merger will place Hickam under the Navy. Sitting on Restoration Advisory Board that advise on the clean up of military sites for both Hickam and Pearl Harbor has been very instructive. The culture of the two organizations are quite distinct. I have found the Navy to be much more closed… Read more »
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