Dangers Near and Far: Chemical Weapons and Nuclear Waste

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Even as Congress debates a response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria there is another danger we need to recognize and respond to. The Fukushima nuclear reactor collapse when the tsunami hit created a big big problem which hasn't been solved (not by any measure).

http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/09/02/fukushima-radiation-levels-18-times-higher-than-thought/

http://enenews.com/global-threat-fukushima-4-fuel-pool-greatest-threat-humanity-faced-ceo

However annoying it may be to deal with Syria the threat to our long-term survivability has to have priority.