[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, REUSE: "Navy to Test All Treasure Island [CA] Homes for Radiation"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy to Test All Treasure Island Homes for Radiation
Due to a recent radiological finding beneath a unit, Navy decides to conduct radiological surveys

By VIcky Nguyen, Liz Wagner and Jeremy Carroll
NBC Bay Area (CA)
March 25, 2014  

After denying the presence of radiation under homes where dozens of people live, the Navy has now agreed to conduct tests for radiation contamination under all of the homes on Treasure Island. This announcement by the Navy follows an NBC Bay Area investigation in December that first exposed suspicions by neighbors that the Navy has been covering up what it knew about the extent of radiation at Treasure Island. 

The recent decision by the Navy contradicts what the government has been saying to the public for years—that there is no reason to worry and there is no evidence of radiation where people are currently living. 

But as the Investigative Unit first reported in December, a well-known radiation expert hired to test soil on the island said he found radiation in multiple locations. 

In an exclusive interview with NBC Bay Area, subcontractor Don Wadsworth said his tests showed high levels of radiation where the Navy said there was none. Wadsworth said in his opinion, people never should have been living on Treasure Island.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Navy-to-Survey-All-Treasure-Island-Homes-for-Radiation--252080811.html

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Lenny Siegel
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