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I'm largely ignorant of how this all works but what about somebody just going door to door with a Geiger counter to spread some awareness?

monocasa 9y ago
IMO, it's a complicated enough issue that typical citizen action would probably not be helpful. What we should have is other full investigations by qualified neutral third parties at regular intervals rather than the CDPHE's 'mission accomplished, everything's fine' review we had most recently. I wouldn't want people who don't really know how to account for normal environmental background radiation muddying the waters and providing a counter argument of "well, the only people complaining weren't qualified to make that judgement".
iancmceachern 9y ago
I can't remember where I read it, but someone tested the top soil just on the side of the road on Indiana and it was radioactive. Just dirt on the side of the road.
- iancmceachern 9y ago
  Here it is: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2010/2010-08-05-01.html http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2010/2010-08-05-01.html
JPKab 9y ago
The problem with that approach is that the ground isn't radioactive at all, and the commenter fell for disinformation on a local antinucleaer hippy website. The houses were built upwind and uphill from the site, and the EPA, state, and local governments have all hired independent third parties to test for contamination. There is none. The area is now a wildlife refuge, and there is no trace of health effects in animals in the area. I bought a home there after investigating the data myself for over a year. I have a wife and two kids, and would never put them at risk. The amount of radiation Colorado residents are exposed to from the sun and ground minerals dwarfs anything from Rocky Flats. There is zero data to back up the hippy claims. I work with data for a living, and have actually found cancer clusters in the US around refineries and chemical plants. Tldr: a Geiger counter will show nothing here.
- iancmceachern 9y ago
  http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2010/2010-08-05-01.html http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2010/2010-08-05-01.html

monocasa 9y ago

IMO, it's a complicated enough issue that typical citizen action would probably not be helpful. What we should have is other full investigations by qualified neutral third parties at regular intervals rather than the CDPHE's 'mission accomplished, everything's fine' review we had most recently. I wouldn't want people who don't really know how to account for normal environmental background radiation muddying the waters and providing a counter argument of "well, the only people complaining weren't qualified to make that judgement".

iancmceachern 9y ago

I can't remember where I read it, but someone tested the top soil just on the side of the road on Indiana and it was radioactive. Just dirt on the side of the road.

iancmceachern 9y ago
Here it is: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2010/2010-08-05-01.html http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2010/2010-08-05-01.html

JPKab 9y ago

The problem with that approach is that the ground isn't radioactive at all, and the commenter fell for disinformation on a local antinucleaer hippy website. The houses were built upwind and uphill from the site, and the EPA, state, and local governments have all hired independent third parties to test for contamination. There is none. The area is now a wildlife refuge, and there is no trace of health effects in animals in the area. I bought a home there after investigating the data myself for over a year. I have a wife and two kids, and would never put them at risk. The amount of radiation Colorado residents are exposed to from the sun and ground minerals dwarfs anything from Rocky Flats. There is zero data to back up the hippy claims. I work with data for a living, and have actually found cancer clusters in the US around refineries and chemical plants. Tldr: a Geiger counter will show nothing here.

iancmceachern 9y ago
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2010/2010-08-05-01.html http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2010/2010-08-05-01.html