Malu 'Aina

Wed. Nov. 30, 2022 at 8PM

Press Release: Pele has entered Pohakuloa –Danger of PTA toxins!

• • Jim Albertini

    Pele has entered Pohakuloa

     

    

     

    

     

 

Jim Albertini

According to this map, lava has entered the military Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA). The lava could burn and disperse Pohakuloa toxins in the smoke/vog. Those downwind need to be very careful of inhalation of Depleted Uranium (DU) oxide particles AND OTHER MILITARY TOXINS. Remember, there is a massive toxic stew at Pohakuloa from 75 years of bombing and the use of nuclear DU spotting rounds, etc., and likely chemical and biological weapons. The Health Dept., EPA, Civil Defense, etc. should be monitoring what’s in the smoke coming off PTA. Maps of PTA state “WARNING: ALL OF PTA IS CONSIDERED A DUD HAZARD AREA.”

 

See information flyer on Pohakuloa below.

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Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawai'i 96760
Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org

Stop Bombing

Pohakuloa Toxic Area (PTA)

     Pohakuloa is NOT safe for soldiers, residents, and visitors to Hawaii Island.  The area has been bombed for 75 years with a wide range of toxins, including lead, Depleted Uranium (DU) radiation, etc.  Millions of live rounds are fired annually. The multiple toxins are resuspended in the air by high explosives and can be carried long distances in the wind.  Everyone on Hawaii Island is downhill, downwind, and downstream of PTA’s toxins.  Whatever happens mauka comes makai.  PTA is Hawaii Island’s Red Hill and Camp Lejeune!  Stop the Bombing!  Cancel the State Lease! Shut Down Pohakuloa! Clean Up the military mess and return the land to the Hawaiian people!  ENOUGH!

     The Military Pohakuloa Toxic (Training) Area, located in the center of Hawaii Island at 6500 feet elevation totals 133,000 acres, or more than 200 square miles in size. That’s as big as the island of Guam. PTA has been used as a live fire training area since WWII by all branches of the military – Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and foreign troops too. Much of what goes on up at PTA is secret – training for nuclear war, assassination drone training, B-2 and B-52 bombing runs, the long list of various munitions used over the years, and even the number of live rounds fired annually. The last figure released nearly 2 decades ago was 14.8 million live rounds are fired annually at PTA.

     The military leases 23,000 acres of Hawaiian crown and government lands from the State DLNR at Pohakuloa for a total cost of ONE DOLLAR for 65 years. The military is now trying to get that lease renewed. The current lease expires in 2029. 84,000 additional acres at PTA were simply seized in 1964 by a presidential executive order of Lyndon B. Johnson at ZERO cost. The military claims the 84,000 acres are “Federally owned land.” That’s like someone stealing your car and claiming they now own it. See Presidential Executive Order #11167 https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-11167-setting-aside-for-the-use-the-united-states-certain-public-lands-and

See State DLNR criticism of PTA lease PTA DLNR comment doc

See Pohakuloa 14 minute video “Now That You Know, Do You Care? https://vimeo.com/94598875

     If you believe you have suffered harmful health effects connected to the Pohakuloa Toxic Area, contact our organization listed below.

Cancel, Don’t Renew, PTA State Land Lease!

Return Federally Seized Lands!

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