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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 9h

#EastCoastKin #photography #loveofbsky #ColorADay #RedWed #saveourlands #hike #nature #travel #scape #haiku

As more time goes by
We must cross this wide desert
Leave, should dust settle

- Love must triumph

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 15h

Elegantly beautiful 🦋

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 16h

#EastCoastKin #photography #loveofbsky #ClassicMono #saveourlands #hike #haiku #scape #RockinTuesday #TheCampfire

No matter the size
Pebble, stone, rock or boulder
We will overcome

- Love must triumph

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

While settlements dont prove causation, it does demonstrate that there was enough evidence to continue through every appeal the defense launched & $1billion for workers treatment? Quite a statement of how much is needed. Correlation, yes. Causation, plutonium & uranium, verifiable yes.

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

He noted the natural background radiation vs. levels and types he tested. It was 3 uranium radiation at levels beyond accepted or natural levels. It's all in the findings. A school was shut down. These tests were a 10mile radius.

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) program has paid out over $1 billion to former workers and their families who have developed illnesses linked to their time at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

Also a class-action was settled for I believe $300mil.

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

Chillicothe does have higher rates of radon. I dont know about the rest of the state, that was just a recent news report.

I hope its all in the past. With all the recent reported leaks, spills, disposal of materials to local junkyard, its a hard sell. Especially with the historical violations.

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, the surrounding community does use the aquifer under the site's landfill for drinking water. So does Indiana and Illinois. It's not leaking now but with only 2 ft of bedrock and known fractures, per DOE, you want to drink the kool-aid made from that water?

Balancing promise and precaution: Piketon’s new nuclear chapter

PIKETON, Ohio – The American Centrifuge facility, also known locally as the Piketon Atomic Plant, has returned to the forefront of nuclear news. In the previous month, 96 U.S. Senators, cast their …

sciotovalleyguardian.com

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

Pike Co. exceeds the nation for cancer rates by 44%.

Yes, the DOE reports always show levels within accepted ranges.

Dr. Ketterer completes independent samples of air, water, soil. Found pollution for 10mi radius. Zahns Corner school was closed due to levels. 12 students died from rare cancers.

odh.ohio.gov

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

#EastCoastKin #photography #loveofbsky #Midwest #Clouds #BlueSkyMonday

Daydreaming as we drove
The brilliant sun's silver linings
Pierced joyfulness, hope, through bountiful clouds

- Love must triumph

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

Wasn't the 238th journalist killed & a civilian in past couple of days since the ceasefire?

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

"The big idea, is the big idea." 💡 classic Seinfeld

Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed. Every source has been detrimental, law of unintended consequences and the harm principle are the drivers for all resources. Utilitarianism.

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

Oh wow! Glad I got your insight on it!

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

I found this site, you are most likely following already. I dont know who manages it but it tracks worldwide activities for each site, chemical and nuclear. It might be helpful:

www.wise-uranium.org/index.html

WISE Uranium Project

Health and environmental impacts of uranium mining and nuclear fuel production. News, maps and resources on the uranium industry.

www.wise-uranium.org

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

I was naive and blind to all of this. I had no concept of how all this manifested. It is just devastating to learn of how it has harmed so many people and environment. I am grateful for reporters/activists like yourself who track this globally. It brings hope to hear other countries advancements.

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for your understanding. I absolutely believe more advanced countries do much better for their citizens, environments and scientific improvements. We are regressing in many areas.

Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

Jason Salley is an independent investigative reporter. He has been reporting on this site for years. He includes the report directly in this article. You can't get any better source than the actual report filed to the EPA. So your conclusion is false.

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

@ermakova.bsky.social

Landfill has 2ft clearance from the aquifer it sits over in places. The aquifer provides water all the way to Illinois. Millions rely on it. DOEs own report admits its violation of the regs. They dont care. No accountability. Not clean. It kills.

Excerpt from above article:

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

@ermakova.bsky.social do you get it now?

You have to understand real ramifications. Come, roll in dirt, lick walls, drink mud puddles if its so harmless.

They tore down the offices & now work out of trailers levels were so toxic. They didn't do plutonium experiments or uranium enrichment there.

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Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social · 1d

@cuthbot.bsky.social thank you for asking. There are many more articles and reports. The Ohio Department of Health has the cancer rates.

Jason Salley: independent investigative reporter. Connected with an independent researcher too.

Search Pike County Gaseous Diffusion Plant. I can send more.