WEDNESDAY May 26, 2004


PUBLIC FORUM 


Weapons have been found

We have found the weapons of mass destruction at last. They are hidden in the budget for the war on terror. If that budget passes, it will have two clauses which will put everyone in this state at risk. We will fund more testing of nuclear weapons in Nevada and we will fund testing of both chemical and biological weapons.
   
Citizens of Utah, we have been here before! During the Cold War we tested very potent nuclear weapons which caused illnesses which impair the immune system, leukemia, lymphoma, all other cancers and some immune disorders. Then we tested germ warfare in the open air at Dugway. I am one of the people who developed an immune disorder related to the atomic testing. Then I moved to Salt Lake City and was exposed to the germs escaping from the test site at Dugway. I spent most of the '60s and '70s in hospitals fighting for my life. I will not allow our government to do this to my grandchildren.
   
Perhaps the real WMDs are sitting in the West Wing of the White House and need to be replaced by people who think before they act.
   
Darlene M. Phillips
Bountiful