2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 4 Aug 2007 04:20:35 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Hunters Point (CA) asbestos dust
 
SAN FRANCISCO
Feds will check on Bayview asbestos
Neighbors' complaints prompt examination of airborne dust

Jane Kay
San Francisco Chronicle
August 3, 2007

A federal agency has agreed to examine efforts to limit asbestos-contaminated dust from a construction site in Hunters Point, a review that could lead to stronger pollution controls at the former Navy shipyard.

Residents for months have charged that developer Lennar Corp., which is building 1,500 houses on the 66-acre site, isn't doing enough to protect their health, although city officials and air-quality regulators say ongoing controls are working.

That debate could be settled by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, an entity created a quarter-century ago to assess public health near the nation's dirtiest toxic-waste sites.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/03/ASBESTOS.TMP

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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