The Heartbeat of Alaska
Sunday, July 20, 2003
Featured YAKUTAT, ALASKA
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In that program a local man shared that there was a high rate of cancer since the military came in the 1940s
The USA was 'protecting' the land from potential Japanese invasion
"Instead," he said, "They did more harm than good. Didn't realize the harm PCBs would do to the people who lived there." More info on who regulates PCBs The military was also in Copper River Basin There is also an 'unexplained' high rate of cancer there.
What kind of cancer are the locals coming down with? There
are 150 miles of Alyeska oil pipeline that runs thru Copper River Basin
district in south-central Alaska;
did
Alyeska spray dioxin
('agent orange') along the pipeline? |
What did the military do in these 2 areas?
Clearing land for air strips?
Did they use chemicals?
Which ones?
What happened to the military workers?
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Senator Ted Stephens of Alaska introduced a 'tag along' to a bill submitted to Congress in 1986. It would required the Federal Government to clean up military sites: Defense Environmental Restoration Program for Formerly Used Defense Sites - DERP/FUDS This is public information. Check and see what sites are identified in your area. There are about 450 in Alaska. |
July 20, 2003
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