[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: "Workers Allege Hunters Point [San Francisco, CA] Dirt Needs to be Screened for Radiation"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Workers Allege Hunters Point Dirt Needs to be Screened for Radiation
Sources say workers are being exposed to radiological contamination  
at Hunters Point, that soil is being shipped to Bay Area landfills  
without being screened and that public health is at risk

By Vicky Nguyen, Liz Wagner, Scott Pham and Felipe Escamilla|
NBC Bay Area (CA)
February 27, 2014

Trucks have begun leaving Hunters Point, moving tons of soil from  
Parcel C, a 77-acre piece of land on the northeast corner of the old  
Navy shipyard. They are making way for a development slated to open  
in 2017 that would include housing for 24,500 residents, a shopping  
center, office space and parks.

But as the massive clean-up project moves forward, workers are  
voicing serious concerns about exposure to radiation and whether the  
soil from Parcel C is being screened for radiological contamination.

Sources close to the cleanup work say they’re worried that recent  
shipments of dirt have been sent out without proper testing.

...

Saul Bloom, community environmental activist who has studied the  
developments at Hunters Point for decades, says he believes the  
actions on site have been in accordance with the proper protocol.

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Workers-Allege-Hunters-Point- 
Dirt-Needs-to-be-Screened-for-Radiation-247689791.html

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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