We’ve been busy, busy here at the ABCAlliance. Super busy preparing lots of material, hoping to effect change in our community. We haven’t been blogging about it, but we will soon.
(And no, it has nothing to do with upcoming elections, but we like those challenges we see. Make those candidates work for it, voters.)
Ever since 65 air toxics were detected on the marching band parking lot a year ago, we have asked and asked: what will that chemical cocktail do to our kids?
Tufts University has proven scientists need not count very high before exposure to certain chemicals has a life-altering effect.
Last year, the state’s cracker-jack toxicologists sent re-assuring words to the Argyle ISD that there was nothing to worry about with our kids breathing those 65 toxics.
(And lest you forget, school officials brought ZERO skepticism to the table with that report.)
You see, toxicologists are all about the dose. As in, how many ibuprofen can you take before you poison yourself?
(The answer is: a lot. And that’s a good thing for those of us who must suffer methane hangovers all the time.)
For those low-dose threats, it’s all about the timing, Tufts says.
Let us spell it out for you.
This here project by our schools is b-a-d timing.
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Setting up toxic waste facilities next to a school is a standard move out of Industry’s playbook; School districts are almost always strapped for cash, what better way to meet that need than to sign over a few acres of land, and risking our children’s health and future based on propaganda? When Industry Whores like Ed Ireland, Matt Pitzarella, Aubrey McClendon, Kathryn Klaber, the Three Stooges at Energy in Depth, Elizabeth Ames Jones, Michael Williams, David Porter, Barry Smitherman, et. al., have diesel plume emitting drill rigs, leaking condensate tanks, dehydration units, pipelines and constant semi truck traffic set up next to their kid’s bedrooms, that’s when they get to have a voice in this. Running for office, being an Industry Mouthpiece, having a doctorate in economics, being a CPA for Industry or being the world’s self-proclaimed ‘biggest fracker’ does not qualify one to determine what levels of poison are acceptable for our children to be exposed to.
Yesterday I took this video from two Arlington residents whose family members are having health effects they claim form being near drilling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBrbVusbvIM&feature=player_embedded