306 railcars of Contaminated (DU) sand from Kuwait sent to Idaho

[Ichingcarpenter]

Longshoremen should finish unloading 6,700 tons of sand contaminated with depleted uranium and lead Tuesday afternoon, said Chad Hyslop, spokesman for the disposal company American Ecology.

The BBC Alabama arrived at the port Saturday afternoon with the 306 containers carrying the contaminated sand from Camp Doha, a U.S. Army base in Kuwait. The sand was packaged in bags designed to transport hazardous waste.

Half of the containers will be loaded onto 76 rail cars and transported to an American Ecology disposal site in Idaho. The other half will remain at the port until the trains return to haul them to Idaho. The containers all will be at the disposal site in Idaho within 15 to 30 days, Hyslop said.


The sand became contaminated with low levels of depleted uranium following a fire at Camp Doha during the first Gulf War in 1991, according to Hyslop and Army sources. The Army then discovered potentially hazardous levels of lead in the shipment.


http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/04/29/area_news/doc4816651072f72767559743.txt#blogcomments

[SpiralHawk]

1. Thanks a pantload, Commander AWOL & cabal of republicon war/torture cronies

You promised you would DELIVER to America, and you have: nuclear poison sand, a pack of WMD/ Mission Accomplished lies, maimed soldiers, neglected veterans, a trashed environment, Massive Freaking Debt, profound economic malaise, corrupt 'justice,' the Enduring Karmic Evil of Torture, Diaper Sex with Hookers, $4 a gallon gas, a polluted mass media propaganda machine, and self-satisfied smirks up the wazoo.

Thanks a pantload, republicons.

[Sabriel]

2. That doesn't seem very cost effective.

I thought we were only supposed to buy stuff from within 50 miles of us? Can't we use our own depleted uranium sand?

(Seriously, if we even know about it , imagine what we DON'T know about.)

[Lerkfish]

4. even though I'm loathe to suggest it, wouldn't it make more sense to "lose" the shipment

on its over in the ocean?

[0007]

3. Is it for Larry Craig?

[JohnyCanuck]

5. The Pentagon Generals and the death merchants

who profit from making and selling the DU weapons assure us the stuff is harmless. Why then do they have to take special measures to dispose of it? They should sell it for use in kiddy play boxes.

[Demeter]

6. Stop the Madness! Impeach, Indict, Convict!

Somebody's nuts, and I KNOW it's not me.

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. We are importing SAND!!

Now in Afghanistan and Iraq we are using the same weapons on cities and towns.