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Rendell, Scarborough Agree: U.S. Can't Afford Afghanistan, Should Instead Invest At Home

Wednesday, September 8, 2010


US Can't Afford Afghanistan, Should Instead Invest At Home:
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Like here, for example, cleaning up the many corporate toxic waste dumps causing birth defects & illnesses in nearby residents:


What's K!lling The Babies of Kettleman City?:
When a group of teenage environmental activists started a health survey of their Central Valley town, they were prepared for the usual problems plaguing the mostly Latino, mostly poor residents: Asthma, perhaps connected to diesel fumes from the thousands of trucks rolling down the freeway nearby. Cancer, perhaps from the pesticides sprayed on the vineyards and orchards all around. Obesity and diabetes, perhaps linked to the lack of local supermarkets. What they didn't expect was to knock on door after door to hear of babies born dead, or with severe birth defects. Of 25 births over 14 months, researchers discovered five serious birth defects (three of those babies died). Ever since then, the town and its supporters have been demanding answers: What is killing the babies of Kettleman City?

http://motherjones.com/environment/2010/07/kettleman-city-toxic-birth-defect-cluster>

Is BP dumping that oiled boom in a landfill near you? 
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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