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The CEO should eat the dirt to prove it's safe.

World war does not abide by democratic debate.

If Russia is “removed” from the security council (which there is no legal means to do so) they would immediately leave the UN and likely throw the future of the entire UN into chaos.

It would be exactly the same as Japan leaving the League of Nations prior to WWII and would render the UN pointless. Because what would happen then? The UN would condemn Russia? So what? Would a UN coalition decide to intervene? Hello WWIII.

Hence the entire purpose of the security council: prevent direct confrontation of major powers and prevent WWIII by giving them a “do whatever you want card so long as it’s not too bad.”

I understand. The government should come down on Northfork Southern quickly, so people can leave. Even if that means being put into hotels.

Now we just need someone to serve that warrant...

This particular report was commissioned by the state of Indiana in account of some of the contaminated soil from EP being disposed of there. However, it was only two samples of imprecise origin—location, depth unclear, and may have been diluted with other dirt.

Further testing is called for.

I grew up not far from Times Beach, MO, which no longer exists due to dioxin contamination. Wikipedia

Dixoin contamination will likely result in a generation-long evacuation.

TL;DR The owner of a small waste oil company was contracted to oil down dirt roads, and he used oil from a contaminated landfills (read: illegally dumped hazmat) on all the roads in town in 1972. The first news of possible contamination came from leaked EPA documents in 1982. The samples were taken the day before a historic flood (!) and came back with high concentration. Times Beach was disincorporated in 1985 and later became a site for an incinerator for other dioxin-contaminated materials.

Edit: Since then, there has been controversy about evidence of any adverse consequences from low-level dioxin exposure. See the same link.

My British mom (84, with dementia now) still cries when she talks to me about these airmen and how many died. She lived on the SE coast with a view of France during WW II (except when she was evacuated to Scotland) and she saw some things. Like a parachuter who did not make it.

The pain of WW II is still fresh for some old people.

Can't they just make a new council that has blackjack, hookers and no Russia?

Just sitting 1.15 hour away from me in Indiana. Freaks me out.

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If all the shit the UNSC powers have done since its inception has never led a member to be kicked out, this won’t either. And that list is loooong.

Even Al Capone only went down for tax fraud.

The EPA isn't doing any current testing, they ordered Norfolk Southern to conduct testing. Norfolk Southern hired CTEH, to conduct this testing. CTEH is best known for the unaccountable testing they provided for during the Deepwater Horizon fiasco. Good thing regulators allow those responsible for these completely preventable tragedies to decide which corporate lapdog they want to determine the impacts of their failures. ^^/s

It should be and likely will be.

The reality is these people probably have most of their net worth tied to their homes and don’t have the cash to just abandon it… even if only for a short time.

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Cant sue if they're all dead!

Probably his cousin company that set up a company a week before the spending was approved/ started- follow the money and the contacts. Bullet proof walls but no lunch for the kids - sad