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Tikki

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6. This should be compared with the kinds of birth defects and diseases that occurred at Chernobyl.

Reply to proverbialwisdom (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 02:24 PM

Feb 2014

Critters affected by the damaging radiation and exposure to toxins at Chernobyl didn't just stand still,
they roamed the countryside.

The Yakima Valley is plenty close the the Hanford Reservation and if a mixture of toxins from
multiple contaminants is introduced into the environment it can cause damage.

So sad…these babies had no say so in where they were born.

Tikki

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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

Not likely unless it's a broad three county net they cast Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #4

The 3 counties are Yakima, Benton, and Franklin Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #12

This should be compared with the kinds of birth defects and diseases that occurred at Chernobyl. Tikki Feb 2014 #6

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

There is a military arty range next to Yakima, called the Yakima Firing Center MrScorpio Feb 2014 #8

agree with all of the above demigoddess Feb 2014 #9

Penelope Jagessar Chaffer's genius 'Toxic Baby Movie' App demo available now. proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #11

CNN's Elizabeth Cohen investigates an alarming cluster of babies born with birth defects in rural WA proverbialwisdom Mar 2014 #13