Montgomery County, MD Green Party Blog

Abnormally warm water conditions are already forming in the Gulf of Mexico. It could be another bad year for hurricanes.

It will be held this Sunday, at 7:30PM. For the telephone number and access code, please go the the mgp-mmtg listserv.

Agenda items:
1. Banner. What material should it be made of? Which business should we go to in order to get it made?
2. The Montgomery County Agricultual Fair. The money and forms must be turned in by June 12th. Do we have the certificate showing that the tent is fire-resistant?
3. A proposal for the Maryland Green Party to formally oppose the expansion of Fort Detrick in Frederick County. Does Montgomery sign off on it?

The 1986 nuclear accident and its continuing impact on thyroid disease

One of the continuing health effects of the Chernobyl accident has been the dramatic increase in thyroid cancer among children in the affected area.

According to the World Health Organization, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster will cause 50,000 new cases of thyroid cancer among young people living in the areas most affected by the nuclear disaster. Specifically, the rate of thyroid cancer in adolescents aged 15 to 18 is also now three times higher than it was before the 1986 disaster took place. The incidence of thyroid cancer in children rose 10-fold in children who lived in the Ukraine region.

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/nuclearexposure/a/chernob.htm

Got this from Dan Froomkin’s White House Briefing…

ABCNEWS.com has gripping footage of the mother duck and ducklings that — at least visually — upstaged Karl Rove at the federal courthouse yesterday.

And for those of you who think the press is heartless, watch as members of the corps help the little family cross a busy street.

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1894475