Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Los Alamos Fire Gets 'Flying Lab' From EPA To Detect Radiological Materials In Smoke

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Federal environment officials have dispatched a special twin-engine plane capable of detecting chemical and radiological materials as a wildfire continues to burn near a government nuclear laboratory in northern New Mexico.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "flying laboratory" is in the Los Alamos area, but an agency spokesman says it has yet to make its initial data-collection flight.

The plane has sensors that collect detailed chemical air samples from a safe distance.

It also was used during a fire that burned through part of Los Alamos and the lab in May 2000.

The nuclear lab and state environment officials are also monitoring the air. They say there have been no releases of toxins.

Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico had requested the EPA's help early on in the monitoring effort.

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Source: Huffington 
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