Neighborhood in eastern Colorado becomes hazmat scene due to toxic sludge in drinking water

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  • Опубликовано: 14 май 2024
  • The tanks that hold drinking water for nearly 140 residents in the Prairie View Ranch Water District are full of sludge that is so toxic that the State Water Quality Division has now brought in hazmat crews to dig them up and clean them out.

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  • @stemcellphone
    @stemcellphone 12 дней назад +559

    This should be national news.

    • @PK-pp3lu
      @PK-pp3lu 11 дней назад +16

      Plenty of things should, and if they are, it doesn't last long when it stops getting clicks, Maui fire, Ohio chemical leak, etc.

    • @senusia789
      @senusia789 10 дней назад +8

      Bad look for the dems

    • @Zeevuhl
      @Zeevuhl 10 дней назад +3

      @@senusia789I too can't stop thinking about Dems we should charge them rent!!!🙏😓🙏🇺🇸

    • @dickfitswell3437
      @dickfitswell3437 10 дней назад +1

      Come on. This is msm. Its all corrupt. They take orders from above. Every single news station gets a pre planned script with clips and words to read. They are allowed a small bit of time for "LOCAL" stories like this. That's why there are compilations of a day of news being covered by 30 different cities all reading the same exact story. Its scripted.

    • @dickfitswell3437
      @dickfitswell3437 10 дней назад +1

      ​@@senusia789everyone needs to vote the blue ONES OUT

  • @a_wildidea
    @a_wildidea 16 дней назад +963

    This stinks of corruption from the bottom to the top.

    • @andywomack3414
      @andywomack3414 16 дней назад +17

      Developers have a great deal of local political power. Isn't money speech? Don't they have the right to use their money to influence policy and it's enforcement?

    • @a.j.9727
      @a.j.9727 16 дней назад +33

      And I wonder what kind of water the commissioner and his kids are drinking...

    • @archmdc370
      @archmdc370 16 дней назад

      I'll give you a hint. It's not black in color. Probably reverse osmosis. ​@@a.j.9727

    • @PerspectiveEngineer
      @PerspectiveEngineer 16 дней назад +1

      Good$$$$$

    • @scottprather5645
      @scottprather5645 16 дней назад

      Decisions aren't made from the bottom to the top they're made from the top to the bottom those are the people who are responsible.

  • @orvar7035
    @orvar7035 12 дней назад +344

    For the low price of 8000 dollars in fines you can poison an entire community??
    Sounds like a bargain

    • @Barskor1
      @Barskor1 9 дней назад +3

      It is the EPA way.

    • @ChicoTheMan69
      @ChicoTheMan69 9 дней назад +6

      Just cost of doing business.

    • @JRoseBooks
      @JRoseBooks Час назад

      Exactly. That’s how corporations think about it. 😢

  • @SageLittleHawk
    @SageLittleHawk 13 дней назад +488

    "Only when the last tree is cut down and the last river polluted will you realize you can't eat money".

    • @latymz
      @latymz 12 дней назад +18

      I’ve been saying the exact same thing. It’s sad as it is disgusting.

    • @barbarabellows9138
      @barbarabellows9138 10 дней назад +22

      A warning to us from our Native peoples. We did not listen cause money.

    • @ivd4154
      @ivd4154 10 дней назад +10

      If billionaires think they can pay to get the last remaining food in the world which is grown by the poorest people in the world...😂

    • @JeepCherokeeful
      @JeepCherokeeful 9 дней назад

      Who is supposed to enforce the laws…? The “evil” capitalists?

    • @JeepCherokeeful
      @JeepCherokeeful 9 дней назад +2

      @@ivd4154you didn’t even watch the report

  • @kevinhurley6919
    @kevinhurley6919 16 дней назад +1074

    $8000? Are you kidding me? Ever person involved in anyway should be in prison

    • @dr.jamesolack8504
      @dr.jamesolack8504 16 дней назад +13

      Putting people in prison does NOT address the issue.

    • @sarahm.5356
      @sarahm.5356 16 дней назад +124

      It absolutely addresses the issue as a deterrent to other officials being as negligent and corrupt.

    • @jamesfields7
      @jamesfields7 16 дней назад

      @@dr.jamesolack8504 it addresses future issues like this quite effectively if someone knows they'll go to prison

    • @SKuLLxKruSHeR
      @SKuLLxKruSHeR 16 дней назад

      @@dr.jamesolack8504 Why not?

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat 16 дней назад +26

      Those with coin, connections, crews, clout, computer code, control, corrupt cronies, and shady opportunities can do anything they wish. Anything. And $8000 ain't NOTHIN', LOL! 😂🤣😂 That would barely tickle any given group of crim-crimz runnin' shady rackets, hahah. Radioactive water seems like a good profit-to-fines ratio; people should consider getting involved. The ROI obviously outweighs the fines, LMAO! 😈

  • @williamhamill813
    @williamhamill813 13 дней назад +183

    This is a class action lawsuit. It is foresure cancer-causing.

    • @theurbanthirdhomestead
      @theurbanthirdhomestead 5 дней назад +4

      You don't get it. We are in hell. The devil gon find another way to poison us.

    • @hobknob1437
      @hobknob1437 2 дня назад

      So is most of the "affordable" food and drink.

  • @Baylough.Technologies
    @Baylough.Technologies 13 дней назад +129

    excuse me? for 20 years????
    y'all quick to tell me my trashcan cant be by the fence though. lmao

    • @cheesecakefan4880
      @cheesecakefan4880 3 дня назад

      Exactly
      They regulate us to death but developers are free to do whatever they want.
      Sounds like a payoff occured .

  • @PickledPixiePie
    @PickledPixiePie 7 дней назад +23

    If they were knowingly providing RADIOACTIVE WATER as DRINKING WATER to residents, there needs to be criminal charges. The water is essentially poison.

  • @starshine3588
    @starshine3588 16 дней назад +420

    So residents have been complaining about this for years….and nothing was being done…and this stuff is Radioactive..it’s not just dirty water? Whoever wasn’t doing anything about this water should be held accountable for poisoning the people with radioactive water. People will end up dying because of this…whether they drank it or showered in it or washed dishes in it….they have been put in danger.

    • @HoneyBadger80886
      @HoneyBadger80886 14 дней назад +1

      #Clawback

    • @loris3595
      @loris3595 14 дней назад

      The land is probably radioactive there.

    • @journeybrook9357
      @journeybrook9357 13 дней назад +10

      I live in a city and you complain they try to label you mental. I and 5 others complained in one neighbor. Well from recei construction there was a break in the pipe. How was it discovered. Jump inwater usage and water bubbling up threw the ground down the street.

    • @snowmiaow
      @snowmiaow 13 дней назад +4

      Would like to know more about that

    • @pinkyssj4
      @pinkyssj4 12 дней назад +19

      There should be follow up to this story, years from now, these residents will have health issues due to the sludge. Cancer.

  • @Tatiacha
    @Tatiacha 16 дней назад +433

    and when the cancer starts showing up? People should be going to prison over this!

    • @HoneyBadger80886
      @HoneyBadger80886 14 дней назад

      Lol. Tragic laughter. There's Billboards along the highway offering said Cancer assistance. Humans poisoned. All ages. Mostly Indigenous and PoC. Speculators Not Welcome

    • @MojaveWrangler77
      @MojaveWrangler77 13 дней назад +7

      What about all the processed poisons in colorful boxes on the store shelves? Those unnatural products cause cancer as well

    • @skankhunt3624
      @skankhunt3624 13 дней назад +29

      ​@@MojaveWrangler77are you defending the corruption?

    • @everlastinglife5978
      @everlastinglife5978 13 дней назад

      And cancer is genetic, it's passed on from one generation to the next. These criminals have caused suffering for people not even born yet.

    • @johnsteel5347
      @johnsteel5347 13 дней назад +1

      Which cigarette caused the cancer?

  • @ronaldgoss6855
    @ronaldgoss6855 13 дней назад +82

    I’m not a reporter but if I were one and was doing a story about radioactive sludge in peoples drinking water I might ask where it comes from. Wow

    • @amonraphoenix
      @amonraphoenix 5 дней назад +10

      It’s either one of two things:
      A naturally occurring deposit of Uranium. As uranium breaks down it makes thorium and then radium. Lead 210 occurs naturally in these deposit.
      There probably wasn’t enough of any of the elements to mine for it.
      So they covered up the results that the land is radioactive to sell it expensively to developers.
      The other possibility is it’s an illegal dump site for radioactive materials and toxic waste before being sold to developers.
      Personally I’m thinking it’s a natural deposit that leached into the water system.

    • @_MaxHeadroom_
      @_MaxHeadroom_ 5 дней назад +8

      Uranium can be found in Colorado's drinking water because it's naturally present in granite formations, which are common in the state's foothills. They still should have asked the question or say that it's from natural sources

  • @radiatedspore
    @radiatedspore 9 дней назад +27

    It's RADIOACTIVE and they only get a few thousand dollar fine??? SERIOUSLY?

  • @MyHeartSpitsAtYourIdeaOfLove
    @MyHeartSpitsAtYourIdeaOfLove 16 дней назад +705

    As a manager of a water system, this disgusts me at a level that most will not understand. Absolutely disgraceful

    • @TimeSurfer206
      @TimeSurfer206 16 дней назад +5

      I feel your pain, Fam.

    • @Jmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjm1
      @Jmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjm1 16 дней назад +16

      Crunchy water is never a good thing to hear.

    • @bhambhole
      @bhambhole 16 дней назад +15

      As a manager of a sludge factory, it upsets me too! 😡

    • @danielgriffin8132
      @danielgriffin8132 16 дней назад +22

      $8000.00 in fines $8000.00 is nothing nowadays

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat 16 дней назад +11

      It ain't nothin'. Radioactive water is perfectly safe. Money is all that matters. Just be rich! 🙂 If you're rich, you can drink whatever you like. If you're not wealthy, then enjoy the sludge. But it's fine. It's safe. Radioactive materials only exist in movies.

  • @twotrackjack2260
    @twotrackjack2260 15 дней назад +135

    The fine is missing a couple zeros at the end, and the developer should be barred from any further business in the State.. at a minimum. Absolutely ridiculous

    • @crystalthunderheart8895
      @crystalthunderheart8895 14 дней назад +3

      At any state

    • @rhiannablumberg4803
      @rhiannablumberg4803 11 дней назад +1

      said the same thing!!!! but my seething rant def not as consice lmao!!!

    • @dudetapedtoafridge3073
      @dudetapedtoafridge3073 9 дней назад +3

      I just wanna know how the f$ck it's radioactive? Not just dirty but literally emitting ionizing radiation wtf

    • @crystalthunderheart8895
      @crystalthunderheart8895 8 дней назад

      @@dudetapedtoafridge3073 I think they said it was from the metals itself. Some rocks and metals just naturally emit that

  • @donaldhenderson9918
    @donaldhenderson9918 13 дней назад +71

    F-ing outrageous!!! Someone needs to go to prison! All of them, local, county , and state officials involved, need to go to prison!

  • @sjenkins91812
    @sjenkins91812 12 дней назад +45

    This is one of many reasons why private corporations should not be allowed to own water rights, and the government needs to be able to regulate and enforce accountability for these issues and take better care of their residents.

  • @shaecloud4403
    @shaecloud4403 16 дней назад +280

    Hey Flint, hold my beer. -PVR

    • @JT-fq2bl
      @JT-fq2bl 16 дней назад +18

      This county have single handly outdid Jackson,MS and Newark, NJ too.

    • @HoneyBadger80886
      @HoneyBadger80886 14 дней назад +8

      #Radioactive is a whole Other kind of bad.

    • @Polocruz81
      @Polocruz81 13 дней назад +1

      😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨1🤦🤦🤦🤦🧘🤦🧘

    • @franny5295
      @franny5295 12 дней назад +1

      Honestly, jeez...

    • @Mike-rg3oj
      @Mike-rg3oj 12 дней назад +6

      Wow ☢️ radioactive!!!??

  • @BobbieJeanM
    @BobbieJeanM 16 дней назад +289

    $8,000 is not even a slap on the wrist! That is a heinous act of criminal negligence on the part of the county and state! And deliberate deception through misinformation by the developers! There are several very public occasions in this country alone where the government oversight of safety failed with terrible health results to the residents and their children. The residents here need to file a class action lawsuit against the developers and the government needs to step in and provide new housing for every household here! Greed raises its ugly head again, disgusting!,

    • @annahgibbus8
      @annahgibbus8 16 дней назад +8

      Well said!👏👏👏

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat 16 дней назад

      It ain't nothin'. Nothin' happened for a decade, and nothin'z gonna happen to any rich official now, either. No consequences means just what it states on the label, baby! 😂 Enjoy the sludge, suckahz! 🤣😂🤣

    • @Carmen4ever
      @Carmen4ever 15 дней назад +4

      Yes!! Perfectly said

    • @shawndykes1140
      @shawndykes1140 10 дней назад +3

      Against the county and the developers

    • @greenthumb8266
      @greenthumb8266 10 дней назад +2

      People in charge need to go to prison.

  • @terryg4415
    @terryg4415 13 дней назад +50

    This is why not only need government oversight, but it must be transparent and enforced! Perpetrators must face severe penalties, not just money but jail time. This is disgusting.

    • @Xfacter
      @Xfacter 9 дней назад

      Government oversight apparently comes with corruption built in as you can see here. No, the people just need to band together outside of government and replace laws with common sense laws that respect the bill of rights entirely. Then we can have the best of both worlds where oversight is not needed for lets say Jim who builds his house out in the country for himself. If Jim wants to hurt himself thats on Jim. But John building the highrise sky scraper can get audited by trustworthy engineers so that people are protected. Everyone wins. What won't work is feeding the beast that rules this place. Trust me they don't care no matter what moral act they put on, just look at what happened here. Why isn't the EPA having a coniption? But they want to get on ranchers for collecting rain water. Highly suspect.

    • @wendiewgoetz9183
      @wendiewgoetz9183 3 дня назад

      And not jail people for speaking up.

    • @mgardner70
      @mgardner70 День назад

      When you want to get rid of regulations, this is what you get.

  • @CrazyBear65
    @CrazyBear65 12 дней назад +18

    They need to check every water system all across the country, every county, every city, every potable system.

  • @janetd443
    @janetd443 14 дней назад +25

    WHAT? RADIOACTIVE!!!!

  • @thezirons
    @thezirons 16 дней назад +393

    The corruption that allowed this to happen is just as disgusting as that water! Makes me so mad that all of those people that had to deal with this so long!!

    • @user-kz1cc5nc3b
      @user-kz1cc5nc3b 16 дней назад +6

      State wide people state wide 🤐😶‍🌫️😬🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

    • @greatsol2444
      @greatsol2444 16 дней назад +9

      Why? America has been this way its’ entire history.

    • @Bakedea87
      @Bakedea87 16 дней назад

      America has most corruption. It's just not noticed till it's too late

    • @isitrachelorj3953
      @isitrachelorj3953 16 дней назад

      @@user-kz1cc5nc3b you are wrong! Local politicians (all republicans) gave been in control for all of this time.

    • @kenalv
      @kenalv 16 дней назад

      Its always the government officials who are the most disgusting, way worse than the dirty water itself. Jail time is a must

  • @sjenkins91812
    @sjenkins91812 12 дней назад +15

    People need to be going to prison for this egregious oversight. There needs to be lawsuits holding monsters like this responsible for such a travesty!

  • @MysteryGrey
    @MysteryGrey 10 дней назад +12

    🤮 Crunchy water?!? Thank you Shaun Boyd, for covering this story 🙏

  • @TheGiggleMasterP
    @TheGiggleMasterP 15 дней назад +50

    This whole municipality and every developer needs to be sued.

  • @judykinsman3258
    @judykinsman3258 16 дней назад +197

    We never blame the corrupt private developers who ran the board causing the damage. It’s always regulators who are underfunded.

    • @fk4515
      @fk4515 16 дней назад +8

      But if the regulators hadn’t taken the bribe it might not of happened

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 16 дней назад +27

      @@fk4515
      You’re assuming the regulators have the staff or the capabilities to even test anything. A lot of states like to keep the government crippled so that business has the ability to innovate more quickly.
      You might remember that phrase

    • @eleanormattice3598
      @eleanormattice3598 15 дней назад +6

      Right on!

    • @HoneyBadger80886
      @HoneyBadger80886 14 дней назад +2

      ​@@fk4515take a bribe, get defunded...same same. Act Local. Protect Your regional #Watersheds. Test your water. Be transparent.

    • @everlastinglife5978
      @everlastinglife5978 13 дней назад +6

      That's exactly who we are blaming. The developers and their friends need jail time. That will solve problems more than any regulations.

  • @marilynnjacobsen1077
    @marilynnjacobsen1077 9 дней назад +9

    When money becomes more important then human life those in charge to change the situation need to resign.

  • @jessica_entrepreneur
    @jessica_entrepreneur 10 дней назад +6

    20 years drinking radioactive water?! Absolutely devastating.

  • @legendzero6755
    @legendzero6755 16 дней назад +171

    The "special district [was] set up as a private for-profit company." Who owns this company that made a radioactive reservoir? Maybe we should talk to them in addition to the state government.

    • @HKim0072
      @HKim0072 16 дней назад +37

      This is way more of a corporate greed issue than a government issue.
      Regulators moved way too slow, but the developer intentionally broke the law to save money.

    • @JosedeJezeus
      @JosedeJezeus 15 дней назад +11

      Not surprised that greed is behind this poisoning.

    • @jackdavidson6813
      @jackdavidson6813 15 дней назад

      Is there fracking in the area? If so Bush Jr. Passed the laws about Fracking companies not having to disclose their secret formulas of chemicals pumped into the oil wells when fracking.

    • @user-pg4ue7nh1j
      @user-pg4ue7nh1j 13 дней назад

      😢😮by ​@@JosedeJezeus

    • @brackpin
      @brackpin 13 дней назад +9

      The developers and the board members involved should all see the inside of a prison cell.

  • @LuisAlbertoZamarripaGranados
    @LuisAlbertoZamarripaGranados 16 дней назад +52

    20 years!? I don’t know how you are so calm in reporting this. I would be more visibly infuriated.

    • @nameisprivate5429
      @nameisprivate5429 11 дней назад +1

      Right! She said “radio active”! I would be livid, terrified for my family….calling a lawyer.

  • @jaypeterson4424
    @jaypeterson4424 10 дней назад +14

    'Crunchy water" something I never thought I'd hate to hear

  • @saltdaemon4453
    @saltdaemon4453 12 дней назад +23

    Any one found liable should be forced to use that toxic water for there entire prison sentence.

  • @pattyleib
    @pattyleib 15 дней назад +64

    This is disgusting. I can not believe the outright negligence. My heart goes out to the residents.

    • @choccolocco
      @choccolocco 14 дней назад +4

      This isn’t “negligence”, it’s criminal at a minimum, and ppl should go to prison for this, as they knew what was there.

  • @DJdoppIer
    @DJdoppIer 15 дней назад +14

    Flint, MI: _"We have lead in our drinking water."_
    Prairie View Ranch: _"We have literal uranium sludge in our water."_

  • @knowledgeispower6192
    @knowledgeispower6192 13 дней назад +9

    People need to be put in prison for this.

  • @benx6264
    @benx6264 12 дней назад +7

    Notice how nothing got done until the news expose was aired? This is why local news is so important. This is what news organizations are supposed to be doing. Holding people's feet to the fire and exposing corruption.

  • @tangojuli209
    @tangojuli209 16 дней назад +178

    I listened to this broadcast 2x. They never mention the SOURCE of the contamination. I have to assume it is groundwater, not being piped in from somewhere... So if its groundwater, then the developers likely knew when they built the place and hoped that it would fall to local authorities. They got THEIR money then skipped town. The town or county then and the "water district" are then responsible and the state responsible for making sure it gets done legally and according to established water quality standards, and then, is maintained. This looks like rural working class, and apparently didn't have the influence to make enough waves to get this fixed. How long before Erin Brockovich arrives?

    • @ronzombie6541
      @ronzombie6541 16 дней назад +19

      Radioactive!

    • @dr.awkward9075
      @dr.awkward9075 16 дней назад +13

      "Don't blame us this time!"---PG&E

    • @johnatyoutube
      @johnatyoutube 16 дней назад +37

      Exactly. The community likely sits on top of or near an old industrial or military dump. The best choice for their health is to get out immediately. And demand relocation expenses and future medical expenses. The news broadcast underreported the grave consequences of being exposed over a long period of time to such high levels of chemical and radioactive toxins. They likely have cancer and neurological issues in their future. My heart goes out to these people. And all those who conspired to hide the issues and who were negligent should have to pay dearly for this extreme environmental crime.

    • @meatybtz
      @meatybtz 16 дней назад +26

      @@johnatyoutube This particular community is indeed built on top of the old Plutonium processing plants that were there back 70 or so years ago.

    • @sky.the.infinite
      @sky.the.infinite 16 дней назад

      @@meatybtzWOW.

  • @lbzen
    @lbzen 14 дней назад +23

    "We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"

  • @jakejones9502
    @jakejones9502 10 дней назад +5

    This is what happens when corruption is run unchecked.

  • @StephenPhen
    @StephenPhen 13 дней назад +8

    We are watching! Thank you for the whistleblow on this.

  • @joshwilson2949
    @joshwilson2949 16 дней назад +96

    I’m sorry… did they say 20 years? I’d be on CNN after 2 weeks.

    • @CyrusTheVirus187
      @CyrusTheVirus187 12 дней назад +3

      2 weeks ? As soon as I see the sludge im suing

    • @seeDiersoilcrossrowds
      @seeDiersoilcrossrowds 10 дней назад

      CNN is more corrupt than you can imagine. All the media is. I can send you to 5 different sites that exposes this kind of corruption, but yt has keyword restrictions, so you have to find it on your own.

  • @seandonahue8464
    @seandonahue8464 16 дней назад +121

    Somebody retired as all this went on. Maybe revocation of all benefits of those individuals. Jail time for those comfortably retired within that system.

    • @HoneyBadger80886
      @HoneyBadger80886 14 дней назад +5

      #Clawback

    • @seandonahue8464
      @seandonahue8464 14 дней назад +7

      @@HoneyBadger80886 In my fantasy world maybe the affected residents could swap houses with those that allowed this to happen, let them live the consequences

  • @creative_mindsrus1541
    @creative_mindsrus1541 13 дней назад +8

    Complaints since 2017 to me thats rights to sue. They did the appropriate steps. The State ignored it therefore should be held accountable compensating those that were affected.

  • @pozleo78
    @pozleo78 13 дней назад +11

    Keep digging on this story. Those residents deserve compensation and healthcare/monitoring for the rest of their lives that the government there needs to pay for.

  • @hwy27west
    @hwy27west 16 дней назад +77

    Chances are that no one with the County or the State will be held accountable for allowing this to happen for this long! This is a case of Flint Michigan all over again.

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 16 дней назад +8

      So you’re trying to find someone in the government to put in jail. How about the people who actually did this. Why don’t you have them at the top of your list.

    • @NostalgiaHDOS
      @NostalgiaHDOS 15 дней назад +1

      @@neilkurzman4907the people in the government are the people who allowed it. But yes both people would be best

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 15 дней назад +6

      @@NostalgiaHDOS
      So the people who commit the crime have no blame. But the government does. tell me, are you one of the people that complain about too much government regulation also?

    • @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
      @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 14 дней назад

      @@neilkurzman4907 what does "both" mean to you?

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 14 дней назад +1

      @@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 both the officials in the private company that caused this problem. And then government officials that did something wrong to allow it to continue. Remember, in some states it is considered good that the government doesn’t get involved in private industries. They want the government to be weak and ineffective. Sometimes they get exactly what they ask for.

  • @wyvern723
    @wyvern723 15 дней назад +23

    20 years?! This is freaking insane!!!

  • @joeymayes9140
    @joeymayes9140 11 дней назад +5

    It would be interesting to check the health records of the residents for the last 20 years

  • @Stinaaa.1111
    @Stinaaa.1111 8 дней назад +2

    Anyone with cancer diagnoses or health issues within the past 2 decades needs to sue immediately

  • @recollectionsofinvisiblechild
    @recollectionsofinvisiblechild 16 дней назад +55

    Decades ago, I lived in a town with ancient electric pumps that pumped water into the water towers. My understanding is that they had these lubricating systems for the motors with a container that held the lubricant, that ran down the shaft. The lubricant was mixing with the water, going up to the storage tower, and out to the public for consumption. The lubricant was supposed to be plant based. For who knows how many years (decades??), the employees who were tasked with refilling the lubricant containers were using the same *exact* oil that you put in your car’s engine. The guy in charge of purchasing was supplying it to them, knowing what they were doing with it. None of them claimed they knew it was mixing with the drinking water. An employee from an outside company discovered that there was a large layer of petroleum on the surface of the water in the tower. There were maybe 6 or 7 towers that had to be in the same condition. The water department quietly switched over to the proper lubricant and instituted a long overdue flushing program, which freaked out anyone paying attention. Some areas of town were worse than others. There was nasty water like in the video, as well as the “rainbow” effect from the oil. I have no idea if they ever got the system safe again. It was never shut down and kept hush-hush. Before that issue was discovered, it was common for people to wonder why there were such high rates of cancer in that town. Ignorance and idiocy abounded, just like with those running the water system in this video.

    • @recollectionsofinvisiblechild
      @recollectionsofinvisiblechild 16 дней назад +5

      After reading some of the other comments under the video, I’d like to add that politics had absolutely nothing to do with the situation I described.

    • @theQuietWire
      @theQuietWire 16 дней назад +7

      Thank you for sharing this. My heart goes out to the people unknowingly consuming this water, especially the children. It's a scary example of how the choices of a few irresponsible people and a system with apparently little oversight to catch issues like using the wrong lubricant. This kind of oversight can happen anywhere and likely does. Everyone should filter their water before drinking it because you never know what your water has traveled through on the way to your glass.

    • @rustyshackle917
      @rustyshackle917 16 дней назад +2

      ​@@theQuietWire oversight? Try ignorance, negligence, and greed.

    • @josephkanowitz6875
      @josephkanowitz6875 16 дней назад

      ב''ה, it turns out USA is too stupid to exist

    • @irritatedkitty7301
      @irritatedkitty7301 12 дней назад +3

      There is no excuse to hide the facts of deplorable household water.

  • @CharlieEarthRoast
    @CharlieEarthRoast 16 дней назад +36

    Sounds like Love Canal all over again. This is why the EPA was created and why we have regulations. Who dropped the ball here? Sounds like the State of Colorado since they knew about it since the early 2000s about the violations. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Where's the sludge coming from? Where's the source of the water? Is it contaminated? Is there a dumping ground somewhere nearby?

    • @jedahn
      @jedahn 14 дней назад +1

      Uranium mines. Our bombs and depleted uranium bullets. After that... Nuclear power.

    • @davidr9883
      @davidr9883 13 дней назад

      It's likely just natural contamination already existing underground. This is why you have to be careful when you drill a ground water well because you don't know what's underground until you start pumping it.

    • @aaronaragon5087
      @aaronaragon5087 12 дней назад +1

      Lol the EPA blew an old gold mine a few years back and polluted the Animas river with arsenic and other heavy metals.

    • @Steve-zo4uc
      @Steve-zo4uc 12 дней назад +3

      The epa too worried about my exhaust

    • @sabacat
      @sabacat 12 дней назад +1

      The EPA is too busy policing ditches and puddles.

  • @rosegerhard-vf7js
    @rosegerhard-vf7js 9 дней назад +4

    UNREAL!!!! REPLACE IT ALL AND THE RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHTS TO MAJOR COMPENSATION!!!!

  • @magnumxlpi
    @magnumxlpi 12 дней назад +3

    I lived in Berlin Germany where the tap water is clean and tastes great (doesn't taste like chlorine). It's amazing that the US can't do the same

  • @stephenforbesjr8187
    @stephenforbesjr8187 16 дней назад +70

    This is the kind of stuff that scares the crap outta me!!

    • @leilanibenjamin3602
      @leilanibenjamin3602 13 дней назад +1

      I honestly don't know how anyone drinks water from the tap

    • @BabsKaz
      @BabsKaz 9 дней назад

      Domestic terrorists

  • @lax2dia101
    @lax2dia101 16 дней назад +70

    We can spare trillions for wars,but not a million for water?

    • @tangojuli209
      @tangojuli209 16 дней назад +14

      different pots of money. This is a local issue that should have been overseen by the state.

    • @TimeSurfer206
      @TimeSurfer206 16 дней назад +11

      We can damn well afford both.
      But the rich just need to "Eat less Avocado Toast."

    • @hammer-r
      @hammer-r 16 дней назад

      Don’t forget the 2.5 trillion trump gave away to the Uber rich and companies in tax relief.

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 16 дней назад +4

      At what point in your life did you decide the federal government should be responsible for paying for local government. That’s not the way the United States works.
      If the state has a problem, then the state should come up with the money. Don’t complain about states rights and then beg the government for money for local issues.

    • @hammer-r
      @hammer-r 15 дней назад

      @@neilkurzman4907 well said. Sad it will be lost on many less educated. Tks.

  • @ReEvolutionary
    @ReEvolutionary 9 дней назад +1

    only $8000 of fines for pumping radioactive water into people's homes?!? AND $1M missing?!? These are the criminals we need to get tough on.

  • @Poptart49
    @Poptart49 11 дней назад +2

    WTF!!!! How is this not on every channel, this is beyond ridiculous!

  • @jamesdalton7191
    @jamesdalton7191 16 дней назад +94

    A huge lawsuit is already brewing.

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat 16 дней назад

      After *ten* years? Lol... keep dreamin'. 😂 The wealthy have full control. They're free to do as they wish. No consequences. Even the "fines" are hilarious. I mean $8k is actually a George Carlin special, ya know? I could make that in a month selling my award-winning books! 😂🤣😂

    • @justayoutuber1906
      @justayoutuber1906 16 дней назад +17

      developer will file for bankruptcy before it gets to court

    • @GrandmaBev64
      @GrandmaBev64 16 дней назад +5

      It's too late. There's still 17 for profit prisons, from different states, built on this place. It used to be the site of the largest uranium mine in the US.

    • @shadytreez
      @shadytreez 14 дней назад +4

      Should have been filed 18 years ago.

    • @jamesdalton7191
      @jamesdalton7191 14 дней назад

      @@shadytreez who knew back then? This is newly found info isn't it?

  • @rab6453
    @rab6453 16 дней назад +57

    In the 80 s Reagan removed liability for EPA Trump also removed company liability for EPA .For profit means for profit and corruption also possible.

    • @hisomebodytrackingmuch1309
      @hisomebodytrackingmuch1309 16 дней назад +23

      Thank you. Regulation is NOT a bad thing! It's there to keep us safe from undo harm

    • @Jmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjm1
      @Jmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjm1 16 дней назад

      Right. Suckers who buy into the narrative that big business pushes need to wake up. But they never do unless it happens to them.

    • @cmcer1995
      @cmcer1995 16 дней назад

      Another attack on Republicans by Democrats making this a political issue when both parties from time to time a directly responsible for things they are supposed to properly regulate and fail. I might add which party has been in control in Colorado over the last 20 years too?

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat 16 дней назад +1

      Profits over people. Coin over communities. Money over mankind! 💪😎✌️ That's the only way to get wealthy, so if ya wanna win and get coined up, ya gotta do dirty deeds, suckahz! 😂🤣😂

    • @reneevoydatch3713
      @reneevoydatch3713 15 дней назад +6

      This was reported in 2008! Who was president 🤔 VP 🤔

  • @soarornor
    @soarornor 9 дней назад +3

    It only took 20 years. Glad they’re looking out for us.

  • @RieCherie
    @RieCherie 12 дней назад +2

    Shame on the Gov officials. Charge them with crimes, and shame on locals news stations! You also let this go on for 20 years!

  • @tetrabromobisphenol
    @tetrabromobisphenol 16 дней назад +55

    Holy smokes, 40 micrograms to the liter Uranium content is high enough that they should consider using that well as an in-situ mine! They could literally sell the crude uranium on the market to pay for their system replacement. All they'd need is a ion exchange system and they would be in business.

    • @wallsttech6881
      @wallsttech6881 16 дней назад +2

      Is that yellowcake ?

    • @shawncarroll5255
      @shawncarroll5255 16 дней назад

      Yellow cake is the product of one of the earlier techniques to leach uranium out of the ore in situ, which was also used sometimes simply to process the ore. That's actually an interesting point. My question is that the leftover sludge from yellow cake production? How is it getting into the water system?
      I'm really wondering was there an illegal dump there, and they figured they could make millions by simply neglecting to mention evidence of illegal dumping helped them get the land at a discount? After all nobody is going to notice, right? Except those eco-commies who are always exaggerating everything. Who needs to worry about heavy metals or radioactive waste in their water? Whiners!

    • @erics3596
      @erics3596 14 дней назад +4

      The Thorium too - not sure if you caught that

    • @BonHomie87
      @BonHomie87 14 дней назад +1

      How high is 40mcg/l uranium content compared to typical uranium mining operations?

    • @98f5
      @98f5 13 дней назад +2

      At 40 mcg per liter you'd need 25,000,000 liters to get 1 kg, and that's if you could extract 100%. That sounds like a massive amount of water. About 10 Olympic size pools . Or 25,000 cubic meters of waterso not as much as I expected

  • @RippieFarmer
    @RippieFarmer 16 дней назад +69

    Imagine... a conservative district hasn't bothered to respond to a health emergency among their contiuents, because those contracts for development were making them money.

    • @StoryForgeAI
      @StoryForgeAI 16 дней назад +4

      Hahahaha well said

    • @isitrachelorj3953
      @isitrachelorj3953 16 дней назад +13

      Very well said, Morgan Co has voted 70% Republican forever.

    • @akgg5086
      @akgg5086 16 дней назад +2

      Curious how you think this is on the people of Morgan county, they didn’t know the full extent until a few years ago.

    • @RippieFarmer
      @RippieFarmer 16 дней назад +10

      @@akgg5086 it was first reported to the county 20 years ago.

    • @RippieFarmer
      @RippieFarmer 16 дней назад +10

      @@akgg5086 also... I did not say it was on the people of Morgan County. I'm pointing fingers at the elected ones that make the decisions.

  • @functionalvanconversion4284
    @functionalvanconversion4284 6 дней назад +2

    Ridiculous, local corruption in municipalities is terrible.

  • @jul.escobar
    @jul.escobar 11 дней назад +1

    20 years to clean up radioactive sludge?!! This is madness!

  • @GrandmaBev64
    @GrandmaBev64 16 дней назад +13

    And who would have thought building residential houaes and prisons on top of uranium mines would hurt anyone?

    • @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
      @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 14 дней назад +1

      What the mines were allowed to do to the water supply seems to be the biggest sin here. Rotsa rawsuits are coming, I bet.

  • @kjordan1627
    @kjordan1627 16 дней назад +52

    Sometimes it takes journalists to get government to act... this is horrific!

    • @KGRICK1
      @KGRICK1 16 дней назад

      this is a failing of Capitalism, and if we want a more responsive EPA then stop supporting representatives that want to gut the EPA.

    • @laylatang6081
      @laylatang6081 15 дней назад +7

      This is we must support good journalists and the First Amendment. Journalism must remain one of the most important and protected professions in America.

  • @TheDoomWizard
    @TheDoomWizard 13 дней назад +4

    This is America as a whole

  • @upnorthyooper1196
    @upnorthyooper1196 12 дней назад +3

    Should be able to sue the state for the cost of every house. Some of these people should go to jail.

  • @robinwicks5055
    @robinwicks5055 16 дней назад +10

    One could also think it very likely that the ground is also contaminated, have the residents been tested for elevated lead and radioactivity?

  • @geoffh1
    @geoffh1 15 дней назад +20

    Qualified immunity. No one in government that rubber stamped things will be held accountable.

  • @EXROBOWIDOW
    @EXROBOWIDOW 11 дней назад +1

    Somebody let Erin Brockovich know about this!
    One neighborhood in my city was experiencing ugly water. The water company said it was harmless rust from aging cast iron water mains, which would eventually be replaced according to the company's predetermined schedule. Legally mandated lab tests were not showing anything bad in the water. But residents were complaining, and attending city meetings, one carrying a large bottle of black water. The local news was reporting on it.
    Then Erin Brockovich showed up. There wasn't a lawsuit, as far as I know, but suddenly the water company started replacing water mains in our area, ahead of schedule.

  • @triciac1019
    @triciac1019 5 дней назад +1

    Oh my goodness, radioactive! This is unconscionable that it happened and was never dealt with for almost 20 years.

  • @archmdc370
    @archmdc370 16 дней назад +21

    We once again see profit over people...the love of money is the root of all evil, and the illness of the neglected people. Without the response from the AG, it makes me wonder if they knew about this issue already and have ignored it ahead of time. Who do you turn to from here but the federal court if the state is not properly helping?

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat 16 дней назад +2

      No one. Unless you're rich. If you're wealthy, you can get something done. But if you're not, then you lose. No exceptions.

    • @rdallas81
      @rdallas81 13 дней назад

      These politicians get paid by these companies- kickbacks- to slow or stop the right processes.
      These places often become superfund sites

  • @Jmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjm1
    @Jmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjm1 16 дней назад +22

    Some Mr Burns type is somewhere saying, “Excellent.”

    • @isitrachelorj3953
      @isitrachelorj3953 16 дней назад +1

      He's the presumptive Republican candidate for the presidency

  • @ninamatthews8747
    @ninamatthews8747 День назад +1

    Holy moly, radioactive sludge is insane!!!

  • @sallytidwell7804
    @sallytidwell7804 12 дней назад +2

    That's a very good notice to the public!

  • @janncoons7445
    @janncoons7445 15 дней назад +8

    This is corruption at the top. And there's some people that need to suffer some consequences for lack of performing their duties to the tax paying American citizen. They have forgotten that they are public servants. Maybe we need to set up oversight committees

  • @solodad7999
    @solodad7999 16 дней назад +23

    Profit over protection

    • @rustyshackle917
      @rustyshackle917 16 дней назад +5

      Our legal and political system is designed to protect corporations and capital. Commoners are just a commodity that can be easily replaced.

    • @jedahn
      @jedahn 14 дней назад +1

      ​​@@rustyshackle917 Supply and demand. 😂 Ai and robots around the corner.

    • @ey3z4ya
      @ey3z4ya 12 дней назад

      Which is a problem ​@@rustyshackle917

  • @sharkembark4784
    @sharkembark4784 12 дней назад +8

    It is amazing the level of apathy from the developers, the company, the county, and the state! Then they try washing their hands of any responsibility or consequences. Would love to see them try to wash their hands with that water!

  • @AliceR27
    @AliceR27 9 дней назад +2

    This is unforgivable!

  • @nightowl6260
    @nightowl6260 16 дней назад +18

    Attorneys should have been hired years ago !!!

    • @krislarsen6546
      @krislarsen6546 15 дней назад +4

      You think they haven't been hired before..... They absolutely have..... It just started finally reached national media.

  • @lesliegibbons6917
    @lesliegibbons6917 16 дней назад +62

    State should be held responsible

    • @hisomebodytrackingmuch1309
      @hisomebodytrackingmuch1309 16 дней назад +14

      The people that worked for the state, at the time this happened, should be held responsible. Otherwise it's just the people paying for it. The commissioners, board members & developers should be held personally responsible!

    • @dr.jamesolack8504
      @dr.jamesolack8504 16 дней назад

      @@hisomebodytrackingmuch1309
      Never going to happen!

    • @jerrywilliams9208
      @jerrywilliams9208 16 дней назад

      You mean the taxpayer the state is just a group of maintenance workers for the public property the state Owens nothing it is all owned by the taxpayer you should be more careful about the employees you higher and learn how to fire those employees when they fail to do their job

    • @isitrachelorj3953
      @isitrachelorj3953 16 дней назад

      No, the republican politicians and administrators who ok-ed and over-saw, then mismanaged this water system need to be held responsible - and the fools who voted for and supported them - that would be 70% of the voting public. They got what they voted for.

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 16 дней назад +6

      What about the private for profit water company. Maybe the people who ran that should be your first target. Why is your first target target always the government not the people who actually did the crime.

  • @rhiannablumberg4803
    @rhiannablumberg4803 11 дней назад +1

    RADIOACTIVE?!?! WTF?!?! WOW!! literally took my breath away! and 20 Years??! HOW?!?! 200 notices... every single part of the system failed at every level... this is almost unbelievable!!!! the details of this will make one hell of a script in the future I'm sure....

  • @sandy_sd10
    @sandy_sd10 7 дней назад +2

    Did y'all see what happened in Iowa? 68 miles of river all the fish dead. The fine was 25,000. Wtf a major corporation.

  • @ExHaleDream
    @ExHaleDream 16 дней назад +11

    Same thing is happening in the city water of Charleston and surrounding areas in West Virginia. They are telling us it's nothing to worry about. But it causes black sludge on the water faucets and is nasty!

  • @Theideaman
    @Theideaman 14 дней назад +10

    Fines???!!! SMH I'd team up with all the homeowners and sue the hell out of the home developers, the city and the state for failing there citizens!!!

  • @24-Card
    @24-Card 13 дней назад +2

    Be careful and learn the candidates. You brought these people in, you can fire them.

  • @FigsForYou
    @FigsForYou 10 дней назад +1

    The old "someone's poisoned the waterhole" trick...

  • @hermenutic
    @hermenutic 16 дней назад +58

    If this has been going on for 20 years that community needs more than clean water.
    They need an entirely new government. If they don't get it it's their own fault.

    • @carolinematusevich889
      @carolinematusevich889 16 дней назад +4

      Their voters voted for this. See no evil, hear no evil, say no evil.

    • @isitrachelorj3953
      @isitrachelorj3953 16 дней назад +8

      Consistently vote in republicans by a 70/30 margin.

    • @KGRICK1
      @KGRICK1 16 дней назад

      @@isitrachelorj3953 who gutted the EPA regulations under trump.

    • @Ihaveyourpogs
      @Ihaveyourpogs 16 дней назад

      But now thier minds are too polluted to think clearly

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 16 дней назад

      @@isitrachelorj3953
      They need the freedom to innovate

  • @samuelmcgill-rl3lb
    @samuelmcgill-rl3lb 16 дней назад +19

    camp Lejune HERE WE GO AGAIN

    • @donwyoming1936
      @donwyoming1936 16 дней назад

      Camp Lejeune's water wasn't anywhere near as cancerous as this uranium sludge. These people are in real trouble.

  • @jeanlilley3139
    @jeanlilley3139 12 дней назад +1

    Thanks for the information.

  • @ibelieveintrees
    @ibelieveintrees 15 часов назад

    Thank you for reporting this and allowing comments! :'(

  • @petercholmondeley5083
    @petercholmondeley5083 16 дней назад +11

    I hate corruption at any level! I hope those responsible are held to account and have a miserable life! 😮

  • @user-wn8mg2jh1d
    @user-wn8mg2jh1d 16 дней назад +8

    The Commissioners should be held accountable

  • @beckyd712
    @beckyd712 12 дней назад

    *A mere $800 fine after they had people drinking radioactive sludge IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.*
    Little tiny "slap on the wrist" fines are why these infractions keep happening across America!

  • @sayitaintso7544
    @sayitaintso7544 9 часов назад +1

    "Shaken not stirred." Crunchy "water" but its not ice cubes 2:53 oh my!

  • @jasonwinters2708
    @jasonwinters2708 16 дней назад +23

    The question is where did all this toxic material come from probably from a legacy company like 3M or or some government agency or Dupont or something like that who will never be held accountable

    • @keithwood6459
      @keithwood6459 16 дней назад +8

      In some areas the ground water is terrible and needs a lot of treatment. And yes, that can include uranium and other nasties. That doesn't excuse anyone here. Just sayin that sometimes the source is natural. Still terrible that they let this go on so long. That was evil.

    • @SLHJR0390
      @SLHJR0390 16 дней назад +4

      The ground water and the geology of this region play a big role in the good vs bad water in this area.

    • @Rick-qf5de
      @Rick-qf5de 16 дней назад +6

      Trucking companies gets paid to haul it off , but if they can find somewhere to dump it , and get back quicker they do it all the time.... Most times they try to dump where it runs over the hill into the river.... ? Or out in the mountains or the deserts.... ?

    • @choccolocco
      @choccolocco 14 дней назад +1

      @@Rick-qf5de
      Yup. Years ago I caught a honey wagon dumping in a local creek….some ppl will do anything due to greed.

    • @jedahn
      @jedahn 14 дней назад +1

      Colorado has the third largest uranium deposit in the continental states. Pretty sure this is built over top or near a mine. Readings are taken at the surface and nobody worries about what's happening underneath.

  • @jakehildebrand1824
    @jakehildebrand1824 9 дней назад +1

    WHY is there radioactive sludge, and WHERE did it come from?

  • @claudialunden3691
    @claudialunden3691 16 дней назад +11

    This is enraging!

  • @future_me_6067
    @future_me_6067 15 дней назад +4

    WTF WTF WTF Radioactive even. WTF
    Truly unbelievalbe.