DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tewa</span></a> Women United: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pueblo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pueblo</span></a> Infants Endangered by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LANL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LANL</span></a> 's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radiation</span></a> Plan </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeLedNonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeLedNonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TewaWomenUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TewaWomenUnited</span></a> Commissioned Two Reports to Study Impacts. Finding: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAlamos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAlamos</span></a> National Laboratory Omitted Dose Calculations to Infants and Children in Their Compliance Application</p><p>By Tewa Women United, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, November 19, 2024</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EspanolaNewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EspanolaNewMexico</span></a> — "The Native-led nonprofit organization Tewa Women United, based in Española, New Mexico, has released two independent scientific technical reports assessing the implications and adherence to regulations concerning Los Alamos National Laboratory’s proposal to release tritium into the open atmosphere from four Flanged <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tritium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tritium</span></a> Waste Containers located in Area G, near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteRockNewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteRockNewMexico</span></a>.<br> <br>"These reports found that the concentration of tritium in the most loaded radioactive container, if vented during unfavorable weather conditions, could lead to radiation doses significantly exceeding the annual regulatory limit of 10 millirem established by the Environmental Protection Agency regulatory radiation standards. </p><p>"The author of one report, Bernd Franke, stated, 'In the case of tritium, infants and small children get a radiation dose about three times greater than adults, with the same concentrations of tritium in air, water, and food.'<br> <br>"However, LANL’s application for venting did not include potential impacts of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TritiumVenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TritiumVenting</span></a> on infants or children; in effect, LANL did not consider them as 'members of the public.' So far during the permitting process, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> has allowed LANL to ignore these <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VulnerablePopulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VulnerablePopulations</span></a> in their proposal. </p><p>"Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez, member of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanIldefonsoPueblo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanIldefonsoPueblo</span></a> and one of Tewa Women United’s co- founders, said, 'Tritium makes water, our sacred source of life, radioactive. We were shocked to learn that LANL’s compliance calculations did not take infants and other children into account.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/tewa-women-united-pueblo-infants.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/tewa-women-united-pueblo-infants.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveContamination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PuebloTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuebloTribes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TritiumContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TritiumContamination</span></a></p>