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MrScorpio

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8. There is a military arty range next to Yakima, called the Yakima Firing Center

Reply to proverbialwisdom (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 03:04 PM

Feb 2014

And on that range, they test fire depleted uranium weapons.

If folks are not familiar with the negative and horrifying affect that depleted uranium weapons are having on the children of Iraq and Afghanistan, they should Google the pics.

I hope that folks who will do that have a strong stomach.

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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