This anti-nuclear blog reports that the alleged U.S.G.S. laboratory fraud included a study about uranium in the environment and included ISL samples (In situ leach uranium), uranium environmental task force and much more. It is unclear if the ISL research was for proposed ISL uranium mining or for historic or both. One specific study mentioned was assessment of uranium in the environment in and around Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona for possible groundwater restoration.
Anyone who has followed this blog for awhile has learned, if they never knew it before, that you can not trust the U.S. government, nor its agencies. Some within them may be honest, but once there is so much dishonesty you can not trust any of them anymore. Thus, there could be several things going on with this alleged fraud. Firstly, it may be true. In this case it appears to be. Secondly, the lab person(s) could be honest and the government accused them of lying because they did not want to lie for the government (or corporate buddies). Thirdly, the person(s) involved could be lazy and/or incompetent.
The answer appears to be found in this LA Times article. Palos Verdes EPA project is mentioned on p. 13 as a project in which the allegedly fraudulent lab was involved. Low and behold, an environmental miracle probably due to the lab fraud ...Toxic waste seems to naturally vanish from Palos Verdes Shelf Tests suggest DDT, PCB levels are naturally lowering along Palos Verdes Shelf, which could save EPA millions of dollars on cleanup.
“In response to the discovery, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has suspended iits planned cleanup efforts. In this case it saved the US EPA money. But, in other cases it could save the private sector money.
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