Actual post from Dec. 15 from one of the streams. This is a real topic. As far as promoting women and minorities even if their qualifications are not as good as the white male scientists, I am all for it. We need diversity at the lab and if that is what it takes, so be it. Quit your whining. Look around the lab, what do you see? White male geezers. How many African Americans do you see at the lab? Virtually none. LLNL is one of the MOST undiverse places you will see. Face it folks, LLNL is an institution of white male privilege and they don't want to give up their privileged positions. California, a state of majority Hispanics has the "crown jewel" LLNL nestled in the middle of it with very FEW Hispanics at all!
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Now, would you worry more about site 300 contamination affecting your health or valley fever?
Valley fever? Yes! Now there is a legit cause for concern. I know four people that have contracted VF at Site 300. If they do eventually break ground for the proposed housing development, the heavy equipment operators better be wearing respirators.
I suggest you review the compelling list of reasons for building the Contained Firing Facility at Site 300 including the growing concerns of the California Air Resources Board at the time. The "down winders" might be interested even if they don't live next to a "firing table". The Altamont hills are frequented with fires and winds that transport legacy surface contamination farther away than "firing tables" at Site 300. Air quality and rain runoff from Site 300 near a new home development, associates parks, and other pedestrian areas are reasonable concerns. The existence of "Valley Fever" in the area does not nullify proximity based Site 300 hazards.