[CPEO-MEF] Radiation, Runkle Canyon, and Rocketdyne (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Dust in the Wind
Simi Valley still looking for answers about Runkle Canyon radiation

By MICHAEL COLLINS
LA City Beat
March ?, 2007

Last fall, spurred on by citizens alarmed at the impending development 
of picturesque Runkle Canyon and the cloud of strontium-90-laden dust it 
could launch over the Simi and San Fernando valleys, the Simi Valley 
City Council did something quite extraordinary – it asked for help.

City letters went out to three government agencies seeking answers about 
the high levels of the radionuclide Sr-90 in the soil of the broad 
canyon. The appeals to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), and California 
Department of Health Services (CDHS) requested "an independent review of 
data and reports related to potential or actual presence of strontium 90 
in Runkle Canyon and to advise whether development of the sites poses a 
public health risk."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=5189&IssueNum=197

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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