:( We have one in Washington, 30 minutes from where I'll be living. My mother and her fiancé works there to maintain it - the Hanford site. The company once dumped pounds upon pounds of nuclear waste into the natural waterways, and now all of our beautiful lakes and rivers are contaminated. Naturally, it traveled to the sea, and the ucky stuff can be found all along the Oregon coast. The leaves and berries of plants that grow by lakes and streams tested positive for mercury.. and the animals, as well. A Watchdog group visited a town 15 minutes from us to check the dust found in attics - it was 7 points above the accepted radioactivity level. The company just shrugs and replies to the anger with, 'We're safe enough.'
How many other places are in the same predicament? How many are worse off? [Or are they all the same because whether it's ten pounds or 10,000 pounds, it's all bad?]
It is a sad, sad thing how we humans taint the natural beauty of Earth. How much energy do we use to complete the projects and ideas that are spurred on by greed? What if we used that same amount of energy to clean up Earth and correctly care for the BEings that live upon Her?

I am sorry, Great Mother Earth. :(