[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Rocketdyne (CA), chromium, and Runkle Canyon

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

White blight
Runkle Canyon's chromium conundrum

By Michael Collins
Ventura County Reporter (CA)
June 26, 2008

The men had been up that hot dusty trail before, high in the hills above 
Simi Valley. Hawks flew overhead as vernal pools evaporated in the late 
March heat. Tracks of critters led to the stream that still had an oily 
sheen to it as it did in May 2007. That's when these two "Radiation 
Rangers," self-styled concerned Simi Valley citizens, had the water 
tested and found heavy metals including arsenic at high levels. Their 
findings were later confirmed by tests conducted by the City of Simi Valley.

The Rev. John Southwick and Frank Serafine climbed higher into the lush 
chaparral, back to recon the canyon for any changes before a community 
meeting March 27 about the neighboring 2,850-acre Santa Susana Field 
Laboratory, or Rocketdyne as the field lab is typically called. The 
lab's soil and groundwater are heavily polluted by radiological and 
chemical toxins as well as heavy metals. The troubled property has an 
11-acre drainage that runs down from its nuclear testing area into 
Runkle Canyon.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/white_blight/6075/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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