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dixiegrrrrl

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1. there are no resources to investigate this???

Reply to proverbialwisdom (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 01:21 PM

Feb 2014

That area has been growing those crops for decades..wonder why now there is a problem.
Change in sprays, perhaps?
It is up wind of Hanford nuclear dump/reactor, so that should not be a problem.

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'Bizarre' Cluster of Severe Birth Defects Haunts Health Experts [View all] proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 OP

there are no resources to investigate this??? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #1

"no resources"....? Bigmack Feb 2014 #2

How about we decommission 1000 nukes? dickthegrouch Feb 2014 #5

Mission Accomplished, NM_Birder Feb 2014 #10

Is this the one by the Hanford nuclear site which is leaking into the groundwater? bananas Feb 2014 #3

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Occam's razor would suggest it's agriculturally related Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #7

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agree with all of the above demigoddess Feb 2014 #9

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