It is stories like this that make everyone lose faith in their government.  To sum it up, the story goes something like this:  A woman goes through her life, and she battles all sorts of cancers.  Why does this happen?  She looks into it, and what do you know it turns out that in the 50’s, the Army was secretly testing radioactive particles on parts of St. Louis.  They wanted to use a city that was similar to a Russian city.  So they do this, knowing FULL WELL that people would be seriously hurt long term.  And they were. Oh did I mention these neighborhoods were poor, and mostly black?  It must have slipped my mind.  Well they were.  I am sure it was just a coincidence.

What upsets me is this is not uncommon or a rare occurrence.

When I was a kid, I lived by a Nuclear Power Plant.  One of the first in the nation believe it or not.  That power plant gave millions to the school district, meaning I had private school education in a public school setting.  People fished in the cooling lake.  “Everything is fine” they say.  I always remembered the water tasting funny, like almost oily.  My mom always kept some in the fridge to keep cold.  We even had lots of Kool-Aid growing up which killed the taste.  10 years later it turns out the cooling lake water was contaminated with radioactive material, and that material seeped into the ground water.  Whole town had been drinking it for years, and the plant knew all about it.

I expect that from a corporation, but not from my Government…but isn’t the Government just a corporation these days?