[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, REUSE: "Treasure Island: A

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Radioactive Isle, " San Francisco, CA

Treasure Island: A Radioactive Isle

A growing number of former residents have cancer, and sources  
involved in cleaning up the former military base say the Navy has  
deceived the people who live there now.

By Ashley Bates
East Bay Express (CA)
September 5, 2012

Margaret Billsborough has survived unspeakable traumas: childhood  
abuse, wrenching poverty, homelessness, and crack-cocaine  
addiction. So when she, and many other vulnerable people like her,  
were given the opportunity to move into an apartment on San  
Francisco's Treasure Island, it seemed like a dream come true.  
Here, she thought, was a quiet, idyllic refuge where she could  
begin to heal.

What she didn't know at the time was that the former Naval base was  
strewn with radioactive waste. She did not know that many past  
residents now have cancer. She did not know that cleanup workers,  
lawyers, activists, and health officials have been trying for years  
to sound the alarm.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/treasure-island-a-radioactive- 
isle/Content?oid=3328952

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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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