Ecological disaster in the Los Alamos fire? “The basic question in the Los Alamos fire is whether and

to what extent depleted uranium strewn about the Los

Alamos National Laboratory site has been sucked up

into the plume by the fire. In addition, whether the

following materials—also known to be on the site—are

in the smoke plume: lead, beryllium, arsenic,

thorium, uranium, plutonium, PCBs, barium, high

explosives.

Other questions: are the firefighters themselves

being monitored for contamination. There is no real

protection for fire fighters working in such a

volatile situation. And is the government monitoring

fall out from plume as it passes across Colorado,

Oklahoma and Texas?” With a number of links to sites covering various aspects of the fire.