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Old 11-02-2009, 10:36 AM
 
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Hello, I may be relocating to the Albuquerque area by the end of the year... and there is something that has been bothering me... an article that I read about toxic waste and radioactive waste getting into the water.

Is this a serious concern?

Toxic waste trickles toward New Mexico's water sources -- latimes.com
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Old 11-02-2009, 06:47 PM
 
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It's terrible. Most homes have a Geiger counter in the bathroom. Stay in California.
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Old 11-02-2009, 06:58 PM
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Location: Central New Mexico
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It's terrible. Most homes have a Geiger counter in the bathroom. Stay in California.

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Old 11-02-2009, 07:43 PM
 
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It's terrible. Most homes have a Geiger counter in the bathroom. Stay in California.
The upside is you don't have to turn on the light if you go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. The water just glooowwwwssssss.
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Old 11-02-2009, 07:50 PM
 
Location: Marlborough, MA
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The Isotopes aren't the only thing we have in common with The Simpsons.

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Old 11-03-2009, 07:48 AM
 
Location: Ruidoso, NM
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The water just glooowwwwssssss.
And the closer you get to Los Alamos, the brighter it is - to say nothing of that "Taos HUM!" Could the hum be a natural result of atoms smashing together under the town?

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Old 11-03-2009, 08:18 AM
 
Location: Burque!
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It's terrible. Most homes have a Geiger counter in the bathroom. Stay in California.
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Old 11-03-2009, 08:53 AM
 
Location: Canada
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All very funny, but it is a serious concern! Not very surprising that Los Alamos is and has been leaking.
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Old 11-03-2009, 09:43 AM
 
Location: New Mexico U.S.A.
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The article says "So far, the level of contamination in the Rio Grande has not been high enough to raise health concerns." and goes on and on to include mentioning seeing "child's footprints and Tonka toys in canyons" which radioactive material. The article never mentions the natural occurring arsenic or radioactivity in the water.

I'm concernd about other things more than what the LA Times article brought up.



Rich
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Old 11-03-2009, 10:50 AM
 
Location: Burque!
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I'd be more concerned about the radioactive countertops inside the McMansions... granite can kill... either by crushing you, or from mutations in your cells.
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