FALLOUT

The Documentary

What is killing the Gulf War Vets. Many veterans of the first Persian Gulf War have died under mysterious circumstances and are twice as likely to develop neurological disorders including ALS (Amyotrophic Laterial Sclerosis or Lou Gehrigs Disease) and MS. Recent Department of Defense & VA funded studies have concluded that low level sarin exposure is the culprit! After years of denial that any exposure took place, the truth is slowly surfacing and is being acknowledged. The effects have been horrific and far reaching.
 
The trail doesn't end with a just an unfortunate "select" group of vets. In several places through-out the United States there are large quantities of these very weapons awaiting disposal. Right in our backyard, at the foothill of the Appalachian Mountains there are 500 tons of the deadliest chemical agents ever to exist (including VX, sarin and mustard gas). This in spite of the fact that they were to all be destroyed by April of this year (2007) in accordance with an International Treaty entered into and agreed upon by the United States Government. According to officials this is because of a lack of funding.
 
What is at the depot and who knows about it? Why is the government, and the military in particular, unwilling to accept the true cost of war? Is there any such thing as a safe exposure level as the military has proclaimed? This answers will shock you. FALLOUT will address these and many more "burning" issues.
 
Three Georgetown-area students have been selected as semi-finalists for an international film competition. Bryan Nichols, Adam Griffith and Sarah Hope interviewed students at Berea College about the Bluegrass Army Depot and how old chemical weapons are stored eight miles from their campus.
In their 60-second video, called "Environmental Justice," only one student was able to answer questions about the weapons dump.
Ron Nichols, Bryan's father, wanted to teach the students about the issue and make a short documentary about it. "The biggest thing was to try to convey a story in that amount of time, because we had so much information," he said.

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The FYI Competition

Scott County, KY-  Bryan "Chico" Nichols, Adam Griffith & Sarah Hopefinest have entered an international film competition (Film Your Issue - FYI). The short video, entitled Environmental Justice was a semifinalist in this year's FYI competition.  The video addresses community concerns with the Bluegrass Army Depot chemical weapons storage facility and the lack of awareness surrounding it. Please follow this link to the voting page:

FYI/Film Your Issue is an unprecedented, ambitious outreach to young Americans to engage them in the public dialogue about pressing issues of importance, locally or nationally.

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