Emergency petition to stop radioactive silverware
Below is an email from Maureen Headington, a MoveOn member who created a petition on SignOn.org, the nonprofit site that allows anyone to start their own online petition. If you have concerns or feedback about this petition, click here.
Don't let the Dept. of Energy OK radioactive metal for use in everyday items!
Sign the Petition!
Dear MoveOn member,
U.S. Dept of Energy Secretary Steven Chu plans to dump 14,000 tons of radioactive scrap metal into the marketplace for use in the manufacturing of consumer products.1 This means that your everyday purchases, such as silverware, zippers, belt buckles, eyeglass frames, jewelry, watches, toys, pet bowls, and leashes could soon be made with radioactive scrap metal.
This action is being fast-tracked, with little regard for public comment. The deadline for a decision is this Monday, February 11.
That's why I created an emergency petition on SignOn.org to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, which says:
Stop the Department of Energy plans to use 14,000 tons of radioactive scrap metals in the manufacturing of consumer products. There is no safe level of radiation. Keep nuclear waste out of my home and workplace!
Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.
Thanks!
–Maureen Headington
Source:
"Scrap-Metal Plan Proves Radioactive," The Wall Street Journal, January 16, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=287037&id=62348-1509337-zILbtzx&t=6
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