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Nellis Range Renewal - The Air Force must complete a review of the environmental impacts of continued land use <#2>
Hazardous Waste Lawsuit (14 links) - Widows and former employees suing Groom base authorities for alleged injuries relating to illegal toxic waste disposal. <#3>
Rave Party in Rachel@ - Aug. 24, 1996 <#4>
"E.T. Highway" Designation for Highway 375@ (726 links) <#5>
Campbell Obstruction Charges@ - Activist convicted of obstructing a Sheriffs deputy during seizure of a news crew's videotape <#6>
Past Public Hikes & Outings (1 links) <#7>
Area 51 Moved to Utah?@ - Green River Launch Complex <#


Hazardous Waste Lawsuit ::

Groom Lake Hazardous Waste Lawsuit::

Former workers and widows of workers claim injuries resulting from illegal hazardous waste practices at Area 51 in the 1970s and 80s. Highly toxic resins were allegedly dumped into open pits and burned, and workers at the base were exposed to the fumes. The most prominant plaintiff is Helen Frost, window of Robert Frost, who died in 1988. An autopsy of Frost's body revealed high levels of dioxins and other carcinogens which the widow contends were caused by exposure to fumes at the base. In 1996, the lawsuit was dismissed by a Federal judge on the grounds of military's national security priviledge. That decision has since been appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, and the appeal is pending. [GC 8/96]