Re: [CTRL] DOE Mulls Recycling Radioactive Metals
-Caveat Lector- On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Aleisha Saba wrote: >I bought some gifts from this store including cloisenie (spelling?) >earrings - and then suddenly, and this was in the late 70 period it was >reported in the newspapers that this jewelry contained radio active >material - forget now where they were made, but were Asian though >cloisenie the real stuff, is French. Actually, real cloisonnie is Chinese...the French just copied it, like the Dutch copied the Chinese porcelain and eventually 'Delft pottery' became what most people associated with blue and white china, when in fact the Chinese invented it and the Europeans just developed their own interpretation of it... June === Check out Alternative Kite Radio at http://www.altkiteradio.trancetechno.com Alternative Kite Radio (low-bandwidth) Alternative Kite Radio (high-bandwidth) Alternative Kite Summer Beachparty Radio (it's always summer somewhere) Alternative Kite Holiday Radio (everyday's a holiday) === http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] DOE Mulls Recycling Radioactive Metals
-Caveat Lector- In Columbus, Ohio there was once a bazaar, called International Bazaar with treasures from over the world - purchased many hand carved temple dogs, beautiful wooden candlestics 2 feet tall hand carved, , etc., and one Indonesian Mask but items from all over the world. I bought some gifts from this store including cloisenie (spelling?) earrings - and then suddenly, and this was in the late 70 period it was reported in the newspapers that this jewelry contained radio active material - forget now where they were made, but were Asian though cloisenie the real stuff, is French. So this has been going on for years..if one took a geiger counter in one of these stores it would hit the roof. And then came the Radon Scare where the public was suckered into buying radon kits at a cheap price, but then you had to take to a lab somewhere and spend more money for analysis...radon from what I remember occurs naturally in soil where you find uranium.so is someone still dumping radio active material in creeks, etc., as Waste Management once did this outfit owned by murder inc...as RFK said, from the garbage there blooms a rose - a quote by a Mafia teacher to Mafia children who wrote in cabbalistic symbols on blackboards.Waste Management got caught dumping toxic waste etc., when they were being paid, to safely dispose of same. Strange they would run this story as though it is something new? What is the motivation here? In particular when back in 1930 it was known that saccarine the sweetner was a carcinogen but then you see, it was used by those who could not use sugar..long list of carcinogens known for ages. So why sudden worry about radio active material now? And from where does it come primarily now - someone doing a little underground testing? Saba http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] DOE Mulls Recycling Radioactive Metals
http://www.everyweek.com/News/News.asp?no=1905 DOE mulls recycling of radioactive metals by Ken Picard Ever wonder what went into making your kitchen utensils? How about the zipper on your pants? Or the frying pan on your stove? Would it disturb you if you learned they had been manufactured using radioactive metals? Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) held a public hearing in Washington, D.C. on a plan to allow radioactive metals to be “recycled” into a host of consumer products. Currently, many kinds of radioactive materials—with the exception of some metals—are released from DOE weapons sites to commercial recyclers and made into common household items, or else dumped as non-radioactive waste. In 2000, the DOE placed a ban on recycling radioactive metals, but is now considering lifting that ban. “We’re talking about unrestricted release [of contaminated metals], where it goes out the door and no one has to monitor it ever again,” says David Ritter, a policy analyst with Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group. “At that point, there would be no further regulation of any kind.” The DOE and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) classify radioactive waste based on its degree of radioactivity. While the government isn’t proposing that “high-level” radioactive waste, such as uranium from a nuclear weapons or spent irradiated fuel rods from reactors be recycled, opponents take little comfort in such assurances. “Neither the Department of Energy nor the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have been 100 percent successful in even containing or keeping a proper watch on highly radioactive materials, let alone the ‘low-level’ ones,” says Ritter. Ritter adds that the distinction between “high-level” and “low-level” radioactive waste is a bogus one, since the DOE makes that determination based more on where the material comes from than on its potential risk to human or environmental health. No one can say for sure just how much radioactive metal could potentially find its way into consumer products if the ban is lifted. Several groups opposed to the plan have filed Freedom of Information requests with the DOE and the NRC to find out, thus far with little success. However, at a meeting of the Association of Radioactive Metal Recyclers in 1996, it was announced that at least 6,000 tons of radioactive metals had been recycled that year. Removing the ban would not only save the DOE and nuclear contractors millions in waste storage and disposal fees, it would also reduce their liability if someone develops cancer down the road. In 1997, recliner manufacturer La-Z-Boy discovered that more than 1,000 of its recliners contained radioactive metal that had been recycled from a South American nation. (Upon learning the news, the company immediately offered its customers replacement recliners.) Why so little coverage of this issue? Ritter says bluntly, “Your average citizen doesn’t pick up the Federal Register to find out what kind of evil plans are being hatched by the nuclear industry.”
