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DEADLY RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP
*** URGENT ACTION NEEDED ***

The state of California is proposing to dump deadly radioactive waste in
our California desert.  The site, 18 miles west of Needles, California and
18 miles west of the Colorado River, will soon become the dumping ground
for our nation's "low level" radio active waste.  18 states have already
expressed interest in dumping on California.

"Low level" radioactive waste is not low risk.  This deadly waste will be
dumped into unlined trenches 600 feet above a pristine underground lake
nearly the size of Lake Tahoe.  In drought-plagued California, any threat
to surface or underground water sources is unacceptable.

The state of California has chosen a private firm, U.S. Ecology, to build
and operate the $30 million dump.  U.S. Ecology constructed the radioactive
waste dumps at Sheffield, Illinois and Maxey Flat, Kentucky.  Both these
dumps are leaking and have had to be closed.  At Maxey Flats, deadly
plutonium has leaked into the soil.  There is no known technology capable
of removing plutonium from the soil, and the site will have to be monitored
forever - at taxpayer's expense.

Concerned citizens throughout the state are joining forces to prevent
California from becoming a national radioactive waste dump.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Unless Californians act now, they will bear the financial responsibility
and the environmental and health risks for the dump when it leaks.  Write
today and ask for a response.  There is no time to waste.

SAMPLE LETTER:

Governor Pete Wilson
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814

Dear Governor Wilson:

As a resident of California, I request that you take immediate
action to prevent the dumping of deadly radioactive waste in our
state.  All dumps eventually leak, and the citizens of the state
simply cannot afford the financial, environmental and health
risks of this dump.

There is no way to safely dispose of this deadly waste, and there
is no technology that can cleanup radioactive pollution.  We should
not serve as the dumping ground for the nuclear industry's waste.

I request a response to this letter as soon as possible.

Stop the Needles dump now.

Sincerely,

Your name
Your address

 * Origin: oNE woRLD Los Angeles 310/3720987 (1:102/129)