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03:28 PM on July 19, 2009 

CANCER CLUSTER IN THE ACREAGE


THE DIASTER WE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING IS THE RESULT OF CONTAMINATION WHICH STARTED TO SLOWLY POLUTE OUR ENVIRONMENT (ACREAGE) OVER 50 YEARS AGO. READ THE DOCUMENTS I'VE ENCLOSED AND YOU'LL SEE IT'S NOT HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. FOLLOW ME ON THIS AS I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF
OUTLINE.

PRATT & WHTNEY RAN OUT OF SPACE FOR TESTING AT THEIR CONNECTICUT PLANT SO IN 1956/57 THEY ACQUIRED A LARGE TRACT OF LAND IN WEST PALM BEACH (27 SQUARE KILOMETERS) AS A DESIRABLE TEST SITE. PROBLEMS OF SAFETY,NOISE,DEFENSE REASONS,MADE THIS SITE WELL SUITED FOR REMOTE TESTING OF NEW ENGINES. AT THIS TIME THEY WERE NEGOTIATING FOR THE HYDROGEN ENGINE CONTRACT (US AIRFOFCE). THEY WON AND TO SATISFY THE ANTICIPATED DEMANDS FOR LIQUID HYDROGEN AT PRATT & WHITNEY'S FLORIDA TEST CENTER,THE AIRFORCE DECIDED TO LOCATE A LARGE HYDROGEN LIQUEFACTION PLANT ON SITE.IT WAS PLACED IN OPERATION IN THE FALL OF 1957.BY THE WAY THIS WAS AN AIR FORCE "TOP SECRET" PROJECT BACK THEN CALLED "SUNTAN".THE SUNTAN TEAM CALLED THIS PLANT "MAMA BEAR" BUT LOCALLY IT WAS KNOWN AS THE APIX FERTILIZER PLANT. MAMA BEAR USED CRUDE OIL IN A CHEMICAL PROCESS TO OBTAIN GASEOUS HYDROGEN. LIQUID HYDROGEN
STORAGE TANKS AT THE PLANT WERE CONNECTED TO PRATT & WHITNEY TEST CELLS
BY VACUUMJACKETED LINE FOR COMPONENT AND ENGINE TESTS. EVEN BEFORE MAMA BEAR WAS COMPLETE,THE AIR FORCE PLANNED A MUCH LARGER HYDROGEN LIQUEFACTION PLANT TO MEET THE ANTICIPATED TESTING NEEDS OF THE 304 ENGINE DEVELOPMENT. THE PLANT WAS BUILT A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY FROM MAMA BEAR AND WHEN PLACED INTO OPERATION IN JANUARY 1959 IT WAS DEEMED AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST. THE NEW PLANT CALLED "PAPA BEAR" ALSO USED CRUDE OIL TO OBTAIN GASEOUS HYDROGEN BUT LATER METHANE WAS USED. THIS PLANT (PAPA BEAR) CAME TOO LATE FOR THE SUNTAN PROGRAM BUT SERVED A VERY USEFUL ROLE IN THE SPACE PROGRAM THAT FOLLOWED. THIS WAS AIR FORCE PLANT #74.

WELL THAT WAS 1957 SO LETS GO TO 1988 (31 YEARS LATER)(YES,31 YEARS LATER)WHEN A PRELIMINARY HEALTH ASSESMENT WAS DONE FOR THE AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY. LOOK AT AIR FORCE PLANT #74 - ITS SCARY!- UNKNOWN SOLID WASTE FROM AIR FORCE PLANT #74 - PHYSICAL
HAZARDS OF CONCERN INCLUDE DETERIORATED DRUMS AND A CLUSTER OF NEWER,
UNDETERIORATED DRUMS AT AN ABANDONED DUMP SITE UTILIZED BY THE AIR FORCE PLANT #74. THIS 1.5 ACRE AREA WAS USED FROM 1957 TO 1966.IT IS
NOT KNOWN IF ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE DISPOSED OF AT THIS LOCATION (NO SAMPLING HAS BEEN PERFORMED). WELL DUH! SOME 30 YEARS LATER - NO SAMPLING - WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU PUT IN DRUMS? - THE AIR FORCE #74 PROPERTY INCLUDES AN ABANDONE SOLID WASTE DUMP AND PERCOLATION PONDS

THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE,JUST ONE OUT OF HUNDREDS THAT CAN BE SLOWLY
KILLING US.HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVED IN THE ACREAGE IN 1957? HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVED IN THE ACREAGE IN 1988? HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THE ACREAGE NOW - 2009? WHEN AN INVESTIGATION IS DONE IN 1988 AND THE CONCLUSIONS STATE THAT THIS SITE IS CONSIDERED TO BE OF POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN BECAUSE OF THE RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH CAUSED BY THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPOSURE TO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES VIA CHEMICALS IN THE GROUND WATER AND AIR(WIND-BLOWN DUST)SOMETHING IS OUT OF SYNC. JUST READ THE REPORT AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 52 YEARS(1957 TO 2009)GROUND WATER MOVEMENT,TOXIC SEDIMENTS IN OUR CANALS
SURFACE WATER RUNOFF,FLOODING - ITS ALL HAPPENING - NOW READ THE HUNGRYLAND SLOUGH HISTORY REPORT ENCLOSED - IT ILLUSTRATES THAT PRATT & WHITNEY AND THE ACREAGE ARE BOTH WITHIN THE 100-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN AND
DESCRIBES HOW THE GROUND WATER MOVEMENT AND THE SURFACE WATER RUNOFF
TAKES PLACE. WAS THERE AN EPA BACK IN 1957-NO HOW STRICT WAS THE EPA
BACK IN 1988? WHATS THE EPA'S POSITION ON THIS TRAGEDY RIGHT NOW?
QUESTIONS THAT WE HOPE ARE ANSWERED BEFORE MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO SUFFER.
MY SUGGESTION TO FIND SOME OF THE ANSWERS ARE TO USE THE LATEST AND GREATEST TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO FINE TOOTH COMB THE ENTIRE PRATT &
WHITNEY SITE FOOT BY FOOT. FIND OUT IF THERE TRULY ARE MASS DRUM BURIAL
GRAVEYARDS IN THE SWAMPS FROM THE 50'S,60'S,AND 70'S.