Nuclear Weapons
...om radioactive fallout and what to do to protect them How to save your family pets during this type of emergency Did you know, for instance, that fourteen (14) states already acknowledge stockpiling and distribution of anti-radiation pills? But only people living 10 miles or LESS from nuclear plants get the life-saving pills that prevent Radiation-induced Thyroid (and numerous secondary) CANCERS. Are the pills REALLY necessary? Consider these recent headlines: "Nuclear plants 'unready' for attack" Despite tightened security, a new study shows vast gaps in training, tools, and staff. (Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 2002) President Bush Warns Americans About Nuclear Terror: "We have found diagrams of American nuclear power plants [in the caves of Afghanistan]...our war against terrorism is only beginning. ” (Associated Press) Attorneys General from 27 States urge immediate passage of legislation to protect their states from terrorist attacks against nuclear plants and other sensitive nuclear facilities in a letter campaign to U.S. Senators Daschle and Lott and U.S. Representatives Hastert and Gephardt . “... warnings have been issued to nuclear plant operators and the public indicating that the potential threat to nuclear plants is very real..." Meanwhile, nuclear disaster planning is being done only for areas within 10 miles of nuclear facilities...if at all! Do government officials really think radioactive particles and gases are really going to STOP traveling once they reach the 5 or 10 mile mark? (Nuclear scientists say they, in fact, will probably travel around the world, as...