Those following the DOE’s monitoring of Rocky Flats know that PFAS (often referred to as `forever chemicals’, present in fire-fighting foams, non-stick cookware, and stain-resistant products) have been prominent in reports for the last couple of years. The science about PFAS resembles that for low-dose radiation–things are complicated for low environmental levels. As noted by…
I’ve heard back from Alejandro Hernandez, author of a web page targeting children about Dr. Carl Johnson. The DPL will make no changes, even factual. If you’re offended by an uninformed public imprimatur on anti-nuclear misinformation, re-read the Library page and email them. In this document I point out factual errors in the account and…
This phrase has nothing to do with Rocky Flats. It’s the subtitle of a book by Dr. Daniel Miles (a former postdoc at the American Medical Association and a retired physics professor who died in 2024). [For more, see p 32 of the February 17th PDF presentation.] There is a connection with Rocky Flats downwinders:…
I have been using ChatGPT (in my experience, superb for factual info) for about as long as it has been around. Its main effects on Rocky Flats issues has been to make readily available definitive answers to concrete questions. It may blunt the contempt for authority, including CDPHE an the DOE, exhibited by many anti-Refuge…
Suppose a local city council was considering dropping vaccination requirements for city elementary schools. What if the council provided a long forum for an anti-vax group to testify and then ignored advice from state health agencies and a federal agency (both subject to “best available science” mandates)? My response would probably range from unease to…
In September 2024 the city council capitulated to anti-nuclear pressure by withdrawing financial support for the Rocky Mountain Greenway and the bridge across Indiana Street joining Westminster open space with the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Council members opposing the Greenway were left having “come too late to the party” and the bridge has been…
This is the title of a John Naughton article in today’s Guardian. He notes, “US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuary… these academics have a finger on the pulse of Trump’s America, and are concerned about what might happen when they return home.”…
New York Times, 27 Feb 2025: Three former EPA leaders: you’ll miss it when it’s gone. Nature is one of the preeminent cross-science publications in the world. Nature Briefing, its newsletter, notes today that at the Environmental Protection Agency “More than 1,000 employees tasked with regulating air pollution, researching the health effects of toxic chemicals…
To my surprise, even now the details have not been published in local news media, so I’m making more info available here. A redacted PDF including small photographs is here.
There’s more at the December 21 posting to Rocky Flats Neighbors Facebook page. A glimpse of the experts is here. The talking points are probably already discussed in the 4-page document here. Page 4 introduces all of the speakers!