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Hawaiian Islands are Contaminated with Ballistic Uranium
Please be pro-active and help us protect Hawai'i; demand the military not store, use or transport depleted uranium in the Hawaiian Islands.
Army admits to the contamination of Hawaiian islands with depleted uranium spotting rounds on Schofield Barracks, O'ahu and Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawai'i Island. Help us save paradise from this most toxic substance.
Public comment to U.S. Army SEIS deadline Oct. 30, 2007
Email Army at PublicComments [at] aec.apgea.army.mil
Hawaii Tourism Authority at info [at] hawaiitourismauthority.org
(Hawaii) Depleted uranium (DU) is stored in Hawai'i under the Naval Radioactive Materials Permit. The Navy accidentally fired two DU rounds from Pearl Harbor in 1994. The rounds landed somewhere above Aiea and were never recovered. The Environmental Impact Statement of the 25th Infantry Transformation to the Stryker Brigade Combat Team published in 2004 states emphatically that depleted uranium munitions were never part of the Army's arsenal.
Despite this claim spent DU spotting rounds were found at Schofield Barracks, (An army base and live-fire training range on O'ahu), in August 2005. This discovery was not disclosed by the military but through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) instigated by concerned residents of Hawai'i.
In August 2007 the army admits the Pohakuloa Training Area (An army base and live-fire training range on Hawai'i Island) is also contaminated with depleted uranium spotting rounds. There are hundreds and hundreds of these spent DU rounds on these two live-fire training ranges.
Any uranium product used as munitions becomes ballistic once it is fired, launched or dropped. Ballistic depleted uranium contamination is a serious problem in Hawai'i.
Depleted uranium is a toxic radioactive waste product of the nuclear industry that has a half life of over 4 billion years. In other words, DU is radioactive forever.
The military claims that depleted uranium munitions are low level radioactivity and are not harmful to health and environment. The military's claims are false.
The military's talking points are about the solid form depleted uranium, the military never addresses Hawai'i residents' concerns, which is the ballistic form of depleted uranium. When depleted uranium munitions are used in war or artillery practices, these munitions have a devastating effect on public health and the environment.
Once DU munitions are launched, they become ballistic. They catch fire, and on impact they can punch through anything with tremendous force causing trillions of tiny radioactive particles of DU dust to be scattered in the environment and carried in the air.
This is when the real public health problem begins. Once airborne, these vaporized radioactive heavy metal particles can be inhaled or ingested because of radioactive contamination of air, food or water supply.
Many of our U.S. Veterans, serving in combat areas that use DU munitions, are getting sick. Support legislation to test our troops returning from Iraq for depleted uranium.
We must stand up for Hawai'i. We must protect our precious islands and our veterans.
The military live-fire ranges in Hawai'i are radioactive! See http://www.sbct-seis.org/ (published July 2007, chapter 3 page 7 Depleted Uranium).
We want all live-fire military training stopped in paradise. We want the Stryker Brigade Combat Team to relocate elsewhere.
We want our sacred lands to be cleaned up. Practicing to make war in the land of Aloha is inappropriate.
Please be pro-active and help us protect Hawai'i; demand the military not store, use or transport depleted uranium in the Hawaiian Islands.
Five million tourists visit Hawai'i every year. Would they stop visiting if they knew how contaminated Hawai'i is?
We are asking for people all over the world who love Hawai'i to help us protect Hawai'i. Write to the U.S Army by October 30 at PublicComments [at] aec.apgea.army.mil
Say no Stryker Brigade in Hawai'i and clean-up depleted uranium contamination on live-fire training ranges.
Also write the Hawai'i Tourism Authority at info [at] hawaiitourismauthority.org with the same request. For more information on the military's contamination of Hawaii see http://www.protecthawaii.ws or http://www.dmzhawaii.org.
Public comment to U.S. Army SEIS deadline Oct. 30, 2007
Email Army at PublicComments [at] aec.apgea.army.mil
Hawaii Tourism Authority at info [at] hawaiitourismauthority.org
(Hawaii) Depleted uranium (DU) is stored in Hawai'i under the Naval Radioactive Materials Permit. The Navy accidentally fired two DU rounds from Pearl Harbor in 1994. The rounds landed somewhere above Aiea and were never recovered. The Environmental Impact Statement of the 25th Infantry Transformation to the Stryker Brigade Combat Team published in 2004 states emphatically that depleted uranium munitions were never part of the Army's arsenal.
Despite this claim spent DU spotting rounds were found at Schofield Barracks, (An army base and live-fire training range on O'ahu), in August 2005. This discovery was not disclosed by the military but through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) instigated by concerned residents of Hawai'i.
In August 2007 the army admits the Pohakuloa Training Area (An army base and live-fire training range on Hawai'i Island) is also contaminated with depleted uranium spotting rounds. There are hundreds and hundreds of these spent DU rounds on these two live-fire training ranges.
Any uranium product used as munitions becomes ballistic once it is fired, launched or dropped. Ballistic depleted uranium contamination is a serious problem in Hawai'i.
Depleted uranium is a toxic radioactive waste product of the nuclear industry that has a half life of over 4 billion years. In other words, DU is radioactive forever.
The military claims that depleted uranium munitions are low level radioactivity and are not harmful to health and environment. The military's claims are false.
The military's talking points are about the solid form depleted uranium, the military never addresses Hawai'i residents' concerns, which is the ballistic form of depleted uranium. When depleted uranium munitions are used in war or artillery practices, these munitions have a devastating effect on public health and the environment.
Once DU munitions are launched, they become ballistic. They catch fire, and on impact they can punch through anything with tremendous force causing trillions of tiny radioactive particles of DU dust to be scattered in the environment and carried in the air.
This is when the real public health problem begins. Once airborne, these vaporized radioactive heavy metal particles can be inhaled or ingested because of radioactive contamination of air, food or water supply.
Many of our U.S. Veterans, serving in combat areas that use DU munitions, are getting sick. Support legislation to test our troops returning from Iraq for depleted uranium.
We must stand up for Hawai'i. We must protect our precious islands and our veterans.
The military live-fire ranges in Hawai'i are radioactive! See http://www.sbct-seis.org/ (published July 2007, chapter 3 page 7 Depleted Uranium).
We want all live-fire military training stopped in paradise. We want the Stryker Brigade Combat Team to relocate elsewhere.
We want our sacred lands to be cleaned up. Practicing to make war in the land of Aloha is inappropriate.
Please be pro-active and help us protect Hawai'i; demand the military not store, use or transport depleted uranium in the Hawaiian Islands.
Five million tourists visit Hawai'i every year. Would they stop visiting if they knew how contaminated Hawai'i is?
We are asking for people all over the world who love Hawai'i to help us protect Hawai'i. Write to the U.S Army by October 30 at PublicComments [at] aec.apgea.army.mil
Say no Stryker Brigade in Hawai'i and clean-up depleted uranium contamination on live-fire training ranges.
Also write the Hawai'i Tourism Authority at info [at] hawaiitourismauthority.org with the same request. For more information on the military's contamination of Hawaii see http://www.protecthawaii.ws or http://www.dmzhawaii.org.
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US Policies of aggression, nuclear arms, nuclear weapon development, nuclear weapon use threats, and missile shields will only serve to antagonize China, Russia, and some Middle Eastern countries. The inevitable event will be one or many nuclear weapons fired against the United States in the very near future. The only thing that can stop this is for the globalization movement to stop its power grab and for native peoples to be given equal voice in institutions like the United Nations. The native peoples are the moral reserve of humanity, not the rich overbloated bankers, politicians and royalty. The world needs to come together to end racism against religions and ethnicities. We should start with Iran and immediately. The Third Major shaking of the earth on US soil was prophesized by the Cherokee long ago. Its time to listen to the native wisdom again, and let go of the snake oil politicians who are only concerned about themselves. "
above you say:
Any uranium product used as munitions becomes ballistic once it is fired, launched or dropped. Ballistic "depleted" uranium contamination is a serious problem in Hawai'i.
Well, any rock fired from David's sling becomes "balistic" one its out of the pocket. Balistic missles are like bullets, they have a trajectory that is set by the launch parameters.
Guided missles can be directed while inflight.
"balistic" has no greater implications.
I believe you refer to the damages of the "depleted" uranium after it strikes a target. Golath understand that is when ---it gets bad.
He should have been so lucky to have the rock break up into powder. But with uranium it is the light dust, blowing and incorporating, that is so bad for us, especialy as breathed. Its worst when it hits a hard target, it not only turns to dust, it burns up- VAPORization- very very easy to get in the lungs, where it stays for those thousands of eons or until death and decomposition, whichever is first!
You might also forgo the use of the euphimism "depleted" since its merely lower not depleted, not nonradioactive. no susie, its never safe stuff, no free rides, no cudly reformed uranium...
but the tag "depleted" makes it sound as if its been cleaned up so as to be part of a well ballanced breakfast....thats why they use the cute phrase in the first place!
BTW they also use it as protective armor on "our" gear so its as hard as the tungstin cored ammo "they" might shoot at us.
But now i'd really like to be far far from a uranium tank hit by a uranium bullet
Any uranium product used as munitions becomes ballistic once it is fired, launched or dropped. Ballistic "depleted" uranium contamination is a serious problem in Hawai'i.
Well, any rock fired from David's sling becomes "balistic" one its out of the pocket. Balistic missles are like bullets, they have a trajectory that is set by the launch parameters.
Guided missles can be directed while inflight.
"balistic" has no greater implications.
I believe you refer to the damages of the "depleted" uranium after it strikes a target. Golath understand that is when ---it gets bad.
He should have been so lucky to have the rock break up into powder. But with uranium it is the light dust, blowing and incorporating, that is so bad for us, especialy as breathed. Its worst when it hits a hard target, it not only turns to dust, it burns up- VAPORization- very very easy to get in the lungs, where it stays for those thousands of eons or until death and decomposition, whichever is first!
You might also forgo the use of the euphimism "depleted" since its merely lower not depleted, not nonradioactive. no susie, its never safe stuff, no free rides, no cudly reformed uranium...
but the tag "depleted" makes it sound as if its been cleaned up so as to be part of a well ballanced breakfast....thats why they use the cute phrase in the first place!
BTW they also use it as protective armor on "our" gear so its as hard as the tungstin cored ammo "they" might shoot at us.
But now i'd really like to be far far from a uranium tank hit by a uranium bullet
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