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Bluenorthwest

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25. Except no nuclear waste was ever sent to Sierra Blanca. You claim that it was. It wasn't.
Thu May 5, 2016, 06:51 PM
May 2016

On the other hand, Sierra Blanca was the site of the largest sewage dump in the country, New York City sent sludge by the trainload to Sierra Blanca for years and years.
The fact that you do not know this, and that you claim nuclear waste was dumped there indicates your interest is entirely exploitative and situational, that you could not find the place on a map.

New York's Sewage Was a Texas Town's Gold
SIERRA BLANCA, Tex.— There is not much here anymore, if there was ever much of anything to begin with. The town's main street is coated in dust, and the old movie house is long shuttered. The one sign of activity -- the traffic moving along elevated Interstate 10 -- is a reminder that the modern world rarely stops here.

The other reminder can be found on the outskirts of this tiny town, where freight cars are being unloaded for the last time. The last sludge train from New York City arrived this month, leaving its last shipment of what officials describe as ''bio-solids'' but what others call treated sewage.

The dump in Sierra Blanca, one of the biggest sludge dumps in the world, is going out of business.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/us/new-york-s-sewage-was-a-texas-town-s-gold.html

Here is more information, this one has photos:

Sierra Blanca, the Nation's Largest Sewage Dump
http://www.txpeer.org/toxictour/merco.html

And remember, this sewage dumping actually happened. For years and years.

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I'd call it dedication to public service. NurseJackie May 2016 #6
I was responding in kind Armstead May 2016 #7
never mind DLCWIdem May 2016 #17
That was a while back and I don't remember it... Armstead May 2016 #18
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Except no nuclear waste was ever sent to Sierra Blanca. You claim that it was. It wasn't. Bluenorthwest May 2016 #25
Sierra Blanca DLCWIdem May 2016 #33
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Also voting no along with Bernie- John Lewis, Elijah Cummings, Jesse Jackson, Barney Frank Bluenorthwest May 2016 #26
yes and rand paul and others. still not answered DLCWIdem May 2016 #28
Rand Paul was not elected until 2011 this legisltation we are discussing is from 2003 Bluenorthwest May 2016 #29
amber alert answer the question DLCWIdem May 2016 #35
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delete pat_k May 2016 #23
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