HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ALLIANCE OF UTAH

Mission

HEAL Utah was founded to address the big picture of toxic waste disposal and industrial pollution in Utah's West Desert and throughout the state. Utah's West Desert is home to the largest environmental sacrifice zone in the country. It is burdened with the largest emitter of toxins in the country, aw well as a massive radioactive waste landfill, half the nation's stockpile of chemical weapons and 2 chemical weapons incinerators, a hazardous waste incinerator, a hazardous waste landfill, a proving ground for biological and chemical warfare agents that is contaminated with unexploded ordinance and anthrax spores, a bombing range the size of Rhode Island, and an Army Depot with a large underground plume of carcinogenic water. These facilities emit toxins like PCBs, dioxins, radioactivity, and mercury that can affect our nervous, immune, endocrine, and reproductive systems, and have been linked to a myriad of health effects including cancer, learning disorders, and birth defects.

Programs

HEAL Utah is working to: Pass a ban on dumping hotter, Class B&C radioactive waste in Utah. Oppose plans by Envirocare of Utah to dump waste from dismantled nuclear power plants in Utah. Fight for compensation for all victims of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing and oppose plans by the Federal Government to reinstate nuclear testing. Oppose plans by Private Fuel Storage to store 40,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel rods on the Skull Valley Band of Goshutes Reservation. Work to shut down the Army?s chemical weapons incinerator in favor of using advanced, non-incineration alternatives. Promote the clean up of MagCorp?s dioxin-laden tailings ponds. Create a civic dialogue about the importance of living in a healthy, sustainable environment and ensure that citizens are involved in decisions that will impact their health.