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TO THE EDITOR
NUCLEAR BLACKOUT
Fukushima nuclear power plants pose
a real and imminent danger to all of the
northern hemisphere and urgently in
Oregon and on the West Coast. Last week,
we saw the fi rst of a large piece of debris
hit the shores of Oregon. The tsunami
debris in the Pacifi c is the size of Texas.
The media blackout on this worldwide
catastrophe is complete. Go to www.
enenews.com or to YouTube to get the truth.
As a sample of withheld information:
Plants 1, 2 and 3 have already had full
meltdowns. Number 2 power plant has only
2 feet of water over its spent fuel rods and
is continuing to leak nuclear waste into the
ocean and environment. Number 1 is so hot
they can’t get a robot near it to determine
its threat. Number 4 is on exposed stilts and
concrete bulging, very unstable. Number
3 is so volatile and the rods are in such
an insecure placement, that if there is any
rumbling, it may cause a “criticality”
involving at least Number 4 if not all six
plants (i.e., disaster) and cause a catastrophe
at least 85 times greater than Chernobyl.
Sen. Ron Wyden toured Fukushima
and was so alarmed he asked the U.S.
government to get involved. His requests
have been summarily ignored because of
the power of the nuclear energy industry.
The threat to humanity will not go away
if we continue to stick our heads down the
radioactive hole in the sand.
Lonnie Clark
Eugene
EWEB’S OMISSIONS
Thank you for your piece in Slant May
31 on safety concerns for smart meters. I
have been attending recent EWEB meetings
that are open to the public. These were
commissioner meetings that were concerned
with smart meters and electric and water rate
hikes, plus all three of EWEB’s smart meter
information sessions in the community.
I learned from these meetings that
EWEB plans to deploy a wireless smart
meter system in Eugene. After the meetings
I went to Google and looked up World
Health Organization, International Agency
for Research on Cancer. The website says
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the agency has “categorized radiofrequency
electromagnetic
fi elds
as
possibly
carcinogenic to humans.” The website www.
smartmeterdangers.org says the type of
radiation emitted “by both cell phones and
smart meters has been linked to cancer by
the World Health Organization, reversing its
previous stance” on May 31, 2011.
Also went to www.aaemonline.org to
see the Board of the American Academy
of Environmental Medicine opposes the
installation of wireless smart meters in
homes and schools based on scientifi c
assessment of the current medical
literature. Chronic exposure to wireless
radiofrequency radiation is a preventable
environmental hazard that is suffi ciently
well documented to warrant immediate
preventative public health action.
You can read EWEB’s website information
on their smart meter pilot program currently
under way in Eugene. Unfortunately they do
not list information from the World Health
Organization or American Academy of
Environmental Medicine.
Bob Becker
Eugene
POLITICS AS USUAL
Mayor Piercy, your response [“Mutual
Benefi t” Viewpoint, 6/7] was in depth to the
likes of which I cannot offer due to the format,
but I thank you for your response. However,
reading it only left me more frustrated.
You praised students’ work and
contributions to the city, calling our
impact large and important, while
encouraging participation on city boards
and commissions, or in neighborhood
associations. While I know I gripe, I
expected a less-typical politician response
than discussing what has been done and
what I can voluntarily do.
You mentioned visiting campus every
month, attending classes and events, yet
nothing about wandering through campus
or around the neighborhoods besides an
“annual community welcome.” If these
planned events and photo-ops are your
only interactions with the campus and
general student population then you’ve
only furthered my feeling of disconnect.
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