[CPEO-MEF] Hanford contamination "in the environment"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Radioactive contamination at Hanford is on the move 

It is 'not just staying in place,' warns report by watchdog group


By LISA STIFFLER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER 
June 15, 2005

Radioactive dust in a Tri-Cities attic and plutonium-tainted clams in
the Columbia River are red flags signaling that contamination from the
Hanford Nuclear Reservation is in the environment and moving into the
food chain, a watchdog group says. 

After finding radiation in river mud, mulberry bushes and deer and mouse
scat, the Government Accountability Project says better testing is
needed to determine how widespread the potentially dangerous material is
and where it's going. 

The Seattle-based non-profit group, which is releasing its findings
today, says it has measured radiation in lichen that is twice as high as
previously believed.

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For the entire article, see
http://p-i.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=24455&url=local/228573_hanford15.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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