This person xxxvvd has wrote me several messages asking to be removed-- the
actual person is sending from "teapot06.onaustralia.com.au"
Would someone be so kind as to help this person.
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> From: xxxvvd <info@magmidas.net>
> To: asajh@UAA.ALASKA.EDU
> Subject: Re: PLUTONIUM FOUND IN TEETH OF CHILDREN THROUGHOUT
BRITAIN;GREENPEACECALLS FOR PLUTONIUM REPROCESSING PLANTS' CLOSURE
> Date: Friday, August 15, 1997 12:35 AM
>
> REMOVE REMOVE STOP MAILING!!
>
> ----------
> > From: Andrew Hund <asajh@UAA.ALASKA.EDU>
> > To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>
> > Subject: PLUTONIUM FOUND IN TEETH OF CHILDREN THROUGHOUT BRITAIN;
> GREENPEACECALLS FOR PLUTONIUM REPROCESSING PLANTS' CLOSURE
> > Date: Thursday, 14 August 1997 17:18
> >
> >
> > Amsterdam / London, 1 August 1997
> >
> > A new study funded by the British Department of Health has found
> plutonium
> > in the teeth of children throughout England, Northern Ireland, Scotland
> and
> > Wales. The study shows that radioactive discharges from the Sellafield
> > plutonium reprocessing factory (1) have contaminated people throughout
> the
> > region.
> >
> > "This is a real wake-up call" said Damon Moglen of Greenpeace. "We
cannot
> > be complacent. There is no possible excuse or justification for
poisoning
> > children with plutonium. The British government should immediately
[STOP
> > REPROCESSING AT SELLAFIELD AND CEASE ALL RADIOACTIVE DISCHARGES TO THE
> > ENVIRONMENT ."
> >
> > The study, entitled "Variations in the Concentration of Plutonium,
> > Strontium-90, and Total Alpha-emitters in Human Teeth Collected within
> the
> > British Isles", has been published in The Science of the Total
> Environment
> > Journal. The study involved the evaluation of over 3,300 teeth which
had
> > been extracted from adolescent children in the U.K.. Plutonium
> > contamination found in the teeth ranged from 3 to 7 millibecquerels per
> > kilogram. The levels of contamination are directly dependent on the
> > distance at which the children live from the Sellafield plutonium
> > reprocessing plant, on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria.
> >
> > The study's authors concluded that the source of plutonium has been
> > radioactive discharges from the Sellafield plant, which is operated by
> the
> > government-controlled British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL). The study
> suggests
> > that the plutonium contamination is "consistent" with aerial discharges
> > from the BNFL plant. Previous studies have shown that Sellafield's
marine
> > discharges have lead to plutonium contamination of the coastal
> environment.
> >
> >
> > In order for plutonium to accumulate in childrens' teeth, particles of
> the
> > highly radiotoxic material would most probably be inhaled and filtered
> > through the bloodstream before being deposited in bones, teeth and/or
the
> > liver. Plutonium, which is an alpha-emitter, is highly carcinogenic and
> > remains an extreme health hazard for tens of thousands of years if
> released
> > to the environment. Plutonium is effectively "man-made" and has been
> > produced primarily for use in nuclear weapons.
> >
> > The study's dramatic findings are reminiscent of revelations in the
late
> > 1950s, early '60s that above-ground nuclear tests had lead to
radioactive
> > contamination of childrens' bones and teeth. Public protest against
this
> > contamination lead to the negotiation of the 1963 Limited Test Ban
Treaty
> > (LTBT) which banned atmospheric nuclear tests.
> >
> > "The international community moved decisively to stop the poisoning of
> > children by nuclear weapons tests, now it must do the same with
> radioactive
> > contamination and plutonium reprocessing" said Moglen.
> >
> > The new revelations about pollution from Sellafield come in the midst
of
> > growing concern in France about the La Hague plutonium factory, which
> > annually pumps some 230 million liters of nuclear waste into the
> Atlantic.
> > A recent study has identified a leukaemia cluster among children living
> > near the la Hague reprocessing plant. In addition, recent sampling by
> > Greenpeace has revealed the discharges from the government-controlled
> plant
> > have turned the sea-bed into a nuclear waste dump.
> >
> > For information:
> >
> > Damon Moglen, Greenpeace International, t.+1 202 319 25 13
> > Luisa Colasimone, Greenpeace Press Desk, t. +31 20 52 49 546
> >
> > NOTE
> >
> > (1) Beside UK domestic clients, Sellafield has signed plutonium
> > reprocessing contracts with Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain,
> > Sweden and The Netherlands.
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: tg@FISHER.BIZ.USYD.EDU.AU
> > > To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>
> > > Subject: Re: JAPANESE HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE HEADING TO LA HAGUE &
> > > Date: Wednesday, August 13, 1997 07:20 PM
> > >
> > > Has anyone noticed the news item that the Japanese are about to begin
> > > seabed exploration after a 100m longterm investment in technology.
> > > That would make it resource less-dependent, semi-independent, or even
> > > independent. It would also make the Pacific island area exclusively
> > > techno-peripheral to Japan?
> > > Comments?
> > > Tzvi