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“Rocky Flats bills itself as one of the safest government facilities in the country…, but “signs can lie”. Kristen Iverson grew up in Arvada, Colorado, near the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, operated by Dow Chemical, which made plutonium “triggers” for nuclear bombs. She had grown up hearing about deformed animals and people dying of cancer, but as most Rocky Flats employees and nearby neighborhoods thought, “the Government would tell us if something was wrong.” Scientific study reveals that radioactive waste can remain toxic for vast lengths of time. For example, plutonomum-239 has a half-life of 24,000 years. Despite many attempts to expose Rocky Flats, it continued to poison people, places and things for 40+ years. Ms. Iversen’s story details this travesty of justice along with her personal account of growing up with an alcoholic father, overally optimistic mother, siblings and pets near Rocky Flats.
This well-researched story is an eye opener and a must read for everyone who believes in democracy and who is tired of corruption with government and big corporations. It is a coming of age story of a young girl, her family and thousands more in Colorado, kept in the dark about a death trap that is still simmering under the disguise of a public wildlife refuge for hiking and biking.
Please visit Kirsten Iversen’s web page at http://www.kristeniversen.com/index.htm and take a look at the YouTube book trailer.
Thank you to Kristen Iversen, Crown Publishing Group and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this very important book.
This well-researched story is an eye opener and a must read for everyone who believes in democracy and who is tired of corruption with government and big corporations. It is a coming of age story of a young girl, her family and thousands more in Colorado, kept in the dark about a death trap that is still simmering under the disguise of a public wildlife refuge for hiking and biking.
Please visit Kirsten Iversen’s web page at http://www.kristeniversen.com/index.htm and take a look at the YouTube book trailer.
Thank you to Kristen Iversen, Crown Publishing Group and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this very important book.
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Absolutely fantastic book. Personal story woven in with major statement on nuclear weapons production and the lengths the government & private companies will go to hide their actions
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Powerhouse of a book!
I loved hearing Iversen interviewed on NPR, and while parts of her book were gripping - growing up in the late 60s and seventies, her parents' struggles, and the way hippies, nuns, and blue collar folks shared in activism against the nuclear industry, I got bogged down in so much mechanics of the poorly-run plant and nuclear waste. Still, this book made me grateful for all that's been done to make nuclear energy safer (?). Also makes me nervous about other plants and government regulations that aren't really protecting vulnerable people (fracking? waste dumps? oil industry?).