aNtiAmericaNiDoL  +  550210 Sun, 03 Aug 08 08:35 AM It's called an opinion, Avangi. I don't speak english solely to edit news articles... Try spicing it up some time and you'll enjoy the full benefits of this language too. The topic at hand is the ocean and radioactive material, is it not? I'm saying that while people may be irked that a sub is leaking minor amounts of radioactive tritium, there are MAJOR potential threats to human health below the surface. Our governments casually allow nuclear waste to be dumped on the ocean's floor while people shake their heads in disapproval over the incident involving this submarine. aNtiAmericaNiDoL Joined on Sun, Aug 3 2008 niagara escarpment New Member 14 Articles, Speak English

	Avangi  +  550366 Sun, 03 Aug 08 06:16 PM aNtiAmericaNiDoL “ Our governments casually allow nuclear waste to be dumped on the ocean's floor while people shake their heads in disapproval over the incident involving this submarine.” Thanks for the clarification, AADol.  Your punch line seemed to come out of nowhere, but now that I understand what you're talking about, I find it very interesting, and I'm thinking about taking your advice.  Are there treaties which allow this to go on in international waters? Best wishes,  -  A. Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,182 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier

	aNtiAmericaNiDoL  +  550581 Mon, 04 Aug 08 08:11 AM I read a report which stated that the leakage was found in trace amounts, however, it is still inexcusable. It's pretty ridiculous that governments actually store radioactive waste along the ocean floor. I did some browsing and discovered that it is currently illegal to store waste in this way. I don't routinely trust Wikipedia, however, very few civilians have knowledge about this topic. Several nations have temporarily abstained from 'Ocean Floor Disposal'. Still, certain rogue nations have been suspected of violating this agreement, including the United States. Apparently the agreement is called the 'London Convention' and the bans oceanic-dumping of nuclear wastes until 2018. Wikipedia goes on to mention that every 25 years, the decision is voted on by some world government wanna-bes. Anyways, the United States has dumped a <<keep profanity, even "disguised" out of the forums, please>> of chemical weapons and radioactive material into the oceans (http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33432.pdf). Quite frankly, it's likely they've continued these activities. Canada is also known to have outrageous tritium levels in Lake Ontario. A nuclear power plant in Pickering, ON supposedly spews about 120% more tritium into the lake than the Americans do. http://www.ccnr.org/nucaware_hydroletter.html. Europe's a bit tighter on that kind of stuff I guess, minus Russia and Eastern Europe. aNtiAmericaNiDoL

	Avangi  +  550592 Mon, 04 Aug 08 08:52 AM Thanks for the great information.  I'm shocked but not surprised, if that makes sense. On the domestic side we only hear about the land storage controversy at Yucca Mt. in Nevada.  It's pretty much public knowledge because the state of Nevada is suing the Feds.   - A. Avangi

	Huevos  +  550607 Mon, 04 Aug 08 09:34 AM aNtiAmericaNiDoL “submarines was leaking radioactive waste.” Radioactive water is good. aNtiAmericaNiDoL “the United States has dumped a $hiTLo@D of chemical weapons and radioactive material into the oceans” When they started doing this the sealed drums filled with radioactive material that wew dropped into the sea over the sides of their warships wouldn't sink so they used shoot the full of holes until they went down. Huevos Joined on Tue, Mar 25 2008 Regular Member 626 British Native

	Grammar Geek  +  550691 Mon, 04 Aug 08 01:48 PM I've split the thread since it obvioulsy no longer bears any resemblance to a grammar discussion.   Please do NOT use profanity in the forums, even disguised with $ and such. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,665 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Grammar