On Sat. morning, Mr Puga (project navigator) contracted Brandenburg Industrial services to contract Dykon demolition company to blow up both Asarco stacks. Yesterday we had 50 MPH winds. These winds pick up dirt into the air which are called "fugitive dusts". When these dusts have chemicals in them that are bad for us, it hurts Public health. Particularly it affects the elderly, ill and young. Those people with asthma or c.o.p.d. are especially susceptible.
After the largest stack comes down it will fall into an arroyo feeding the Rio Grande, right on top of our aquifers. This hazardous waste dump will be on top of a forty year old liner that may not last that long. Workers will be taking the rebar out of the stack pieces. It will make smaller pieces that despite water sprays can over many months become airborne dusts ---- fugitive dusts.
so why are these companies refusing to delay demolition until after the windy season??
(see KVIA channel 7 el paso tx current online video story about the spring windy season with weather reporter John Fausett, story from april 8 and http://www.kvia.com/video/StormTRACK-Weather-Spring-Dust-Storms/-/421452/19675106/-/q67g45z/-/index.html
Scroll to end: click web view. Heather Mcmurray 's research uncovering poisoning of 1000 square miles around El Paso by Asarco smelter through what the EPA & US DOJ said was illegal burning of illegal hazardous/radioactive wastes 1991 to 1998. We have never been told what actinides, forever chemicals, dioxins etc are present from illegal Asarco actions(see 73 page 1998 conf. for settlement purposes only DOJ EPA Asarco doc,10/06 nytimes) see "Asarco secret document"
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