Write a letter to the Editor on DU at Pohakuloa
Here are email addresses for letters to the editor I just sent the letter below. Both the Hawaii Tribune Herald and West Hawaii Today carried an article 6/16/17 about the NRC denying our petition for a hearing, but didn’t say anything about the danger of inhaling DU oxide dust particles. I don’t know about the Honolulu Star-Advertiser if it covered the NRC ruling.
Hilo –Hawaii Tribune Herald letters@hawaiitribune-herald.com
Kona — West Hawaii Today letters@westhawaiitoday.com
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser letters@staradvertiser.com
Letter to the editor
License to Poison
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) actions of June 13, 2017 denied Big Island residents a hearing about the dangers of inhaling Depleted Uranium (DU) oxide dust particles from military radiation at the 133,000-acre Pohakuloa Training Area. These particles can be dispersed and carried long distance from PTA by the wind, military high explosives and other activity at PTA that creates dust. Neither the military, nor the NRC, want to deal with this main hazard of inhalation of DU oxide dust particles. They only talk about there being no external radiation hazard which is not really an issue with DU. The NRC and military actions fail to protect troops, residents, and visitors health and safety. In short, the NRC has issued the military a license to poison us. The military “mission” and efforts to avoid liability trumps all. Troops, residents, and visitors are being treated as lab rats for military experiments. Whatever happened to informed consent. I encourage everyone to view the short video by Hawaii Doctor Lorrin Pang, MD explaining the health dangers of inhaling DU oxide dust particles and judge for yourself if there are health dangers. See the video here
-- Jim Albertini, one of the NRC petitioners and president of Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Kurtistown, Hawaii 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 email ja@malu-aina.org visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org sign up on our website to automatically receive our posts
