{"id":9616,"date":"2023-02-12T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/?p=9616"},"modified":"2023-03-24T10:45:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T15:45:48","slug":"el-verde-radiation-experiments-1960s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2023\/el-verde-radiation-experiments-1960s","title":{"rendered":"El Verde Puerto Rico Radiation Experiments 1970 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bookhouse-pano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"133\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bookhouse-pano.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bookhouse-pano.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bookhouse-pano-400x89.jpg 400w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bookhouse-pano-150x33.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Opinions Expressed Here Are My Own<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I came across this report entitled &#8220;<em>A Tropical Rainforest<\/em>&#8221; then noticed it was published by the <em><strong>Atomic Energy Commission<\/strong><\/em>?! I was curious&#8230; what could this be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-1-191x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9623\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-1-191x250.jpg 191w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-1-783x1024.jpg 783w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-1-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-1-768x1004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-1.jpg 979w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 85vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turns out I had volume two of a three part report on a decade of <strong>radiation research<\/strong> done in a national forest. There is an official <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-09\/ElVerdeFactSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Fact Sheet<\/a><\/em> for this program which reads in part&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/El-Verde-Puerto-Rico-Radiation-Experiment-Site.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/El-Verde-Puerto-Rico-Radiation-Experiment-Site.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9625\" width=\"436\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/El-Verde-Puerto-Rico-Radiation-Experiment-Site.png 436w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/El-Verde-Puerto-Rico-Radiation-Experiment-Site-334x250.png 334w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/El-Verde-Puerto-Rico-Radiation-Experiment-Site-150x112.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 85vw, 436px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>US DoE Fact Sheet<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are a few representative pages (click to enlarge)&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-2-772x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9627\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-2-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-2-188x250.jpg 188w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-4-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-4-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-4-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-4-768x962.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-4.jpg 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-5-1024x738.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-5-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-5-347x250.jpg 347w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-5-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-5-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-5-1200x864.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-6-752x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-6-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-6-184x250.jpg 184w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-6-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-6-768x1046.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rainforest-report-1970-6.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Books pictured\/reviewed here are from the<br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/folacld.org\" target=\"_blank\">Alachua County Friends of the Library<\/a><br \/>unless otherwise specified.<br \/><em>Materials presented for review purposes only.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this report entitled &#8220;A Tropical Rainforest&#8221; then noticed it was published by the Atomic Energy Commission?! I was curious&#8230; what could this be? Turns out I had volume two of a three part report on a decade of radiation research done in a national forest. There is an official Fact Sheet for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2023\/el-verde-radiation-experiments-1960s\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;El Verde Puerto Rico Radiation Experiments 1970 Report&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,20,28],"tags":[497],"class_list":["post-9616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-history","category-science","tag-friends-of-the-library"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9616"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9633,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9616\/revisions\/9633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}