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Dear Advocate,
Contamination from Hanford's radioactive wastes continues to pose risks to the safety of food, fish and people.
Release of radioactive contamination from the site is leaching into the soil and groundwater — endangering the surrounding farmland and water used for irrigation, as well as the health of local citizens and wildlife.
Recently a leak was discovered just hundreds of feet from the Columbia River and less than a mile from the city of Richland's drinking water pumphouse — with contamination levels 10 to 20 times higher than those considered lethal from only one hour of exposure.
What can you do to help prevent future disasters?
Sign this petition
that calls for the governor and the Department of Ecology to find out what’s in the radioactive waste at Hanford, before it threatens the Columbia River and the agriculture that relies on it for irrigation.
Thank you,
Trudy Bialic and Eli Penberthy
PCC Public Affairs
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