[CRNMC] Fwd: Radioactive waste

[agnes at mcn.org]

Done.
Agnes


>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: "Sarah Alexander" <noreply at list.moveon.org>
>>> Date: July 28, 2014 at 2:34:14 PM PDT
>>> Subject: Radioactive waste
>>> Reply-To: "Sarah Alexander" <salexander at fwwatch.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to weaken rules
>>> created in 1977 that already allow nuclear power plants to release
>>> radioactive waste into our water and air. But there is no safe level of
>>> radiation.
>>>
>>> Tell the EPA to strengthen rules to protect water from radioactive
>>> waste, not weaken them.
>>>
>>> The existing EPA standard allows a whopping 1 in 500 of us to get
>>> cancer from nuclear power in the U.S. The risks are even higher for
>>> women and children. Since radiation is now known to be much more
>>> dangerous than believed back when it was adopted, the EPA should reduce
>>> the amount of radioactivity allowed to be released. But EPA is
>>> considering increasing it.
>>>
>>> Weakening radiation protection for the nuclear industry is a dangerous
>>> precedent to set, when other extraction industries like fracking also
>>> threaten our water with more radioactivity.
>>>
>>> Tell the EPA to set standards that reduce our risk of getting cancer
>>> and other health effects.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all you do,
>>>
>>> Sarah Alexander
>>> Deputy Organizing Director
>>> Food & Water Watch
>>>
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