Reddit reviews Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats

Fun fact: A lot of the $300 - $500K houses out west of Denver/Arvada are built near the former Rocky Flats facility, which processed Plutonium pits and stored radioactive waste outside in containment ponds and barrels on the premises. Leaky Leaky.

The housing builder corporations were able to get an exemption of the mention of this historic facility nearby (It's now a Wildlife Refuge) from their housing disclosures. So many of the people moving into those new ready to buy template built "starter homes" don't even know what used to be there. (And what is still there - Plutonium has a half life of 24,100 years) It's a deceitful and dangerous practice to forgo this potentially radioactive disclosure.

I have to wonder - What is potential cancer worth to someone now, or over their lifetime? Is it worth a new house, at a fair market price, with spectacular mountain views, easy highway access, all the modern amenities, and nearby outdoor recreation and family picnics at the wildlife refuge? They can't think about the opportunity cost if they don't know all the pros and cons.

I read this book, Full Body Burden about Rocky Flats and that is where I source the above claims.

I read this last year, pretty good. This event is discussed in detail...

[Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats
by Kristen Iversen](
http://www.amazon.com/Full-Body-Burden-Growing-Nuclear/dp/0307955656)

If anyone's interested in learning more about Rocky Flats I'd highly recommend Full Body Burden

http://www.amazon.com/Full-Body-Burden-Growing-Nuclear/dp/0307955656?ie=UTF8&qid=&ref_=tmm_pap_swatch_0&sr=

Will never look at that area the same as I drive by, and definitely won't recreate the area if it's turned into Open Space trails.

Full Body Burden by Kristen Iverson is an interesting read on the subject of Rocky Flats