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Hanford Site, opened in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project.

Today, it’s run by the Department of Energy through its contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions. The contractor is managing a $110 billion cleanup of 56 million gallons of chemical and nuclear waste, stored in 177 underground tanks…

And the “good” news?

…the tanks are leaking, and the vapors they emit contain toxic and radioactive chemicals known to cause cancer as well as brain and lung damage. Just this year, 61 workers have been exposed, and some nuclear experts have called Hanford “the most toxic place in America” and “an underground Chernobyl waiting to happen.”

Thanks conservatives, your military-industrial complex is the “gift” that just keeps on giving.

Oh, and hey Jill Stein, funny how you think that more and more government is the path to a cleaner environment.

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