[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, RADIATION: "SF wants state to conduct new study of Treasure Island cleanup"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

SF wants state to conduct new study of Treasure Island cleanup
City officials say they've received complaints about potentially  
mishandled radioactive material

By Matt Smith and Katharine Mieszkowski
Bay Citizen (CA)
September 11, 2012

San Francisco will ask the state to conduct its own investigation of  
the cleanup of radioactive waste on Treasure Island, after receiving  
complaints that contractors hired by the U.S. Navy might have  
mishandled contaminated material.

"We would like (state officials) to go out and conduct independent  
scans," Michael Tymoff, project director for the city's Treasure  
Island Development Authority, said in an interview.

Tymoff said his office is preparing a formal request for the  
California Department of Public Health to conduct a new study, and he  
will provide more details to the Board of Supervisors during a  
hearing today.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.baycitizen.org/development/story/sf-wants-health-officials- 
double-check/

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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
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