2016 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 18:26:50 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, DEVELOPMENT: Housing near Santa Susana Field Lab (CA)
 
Living in the Shadow of a Toxic Mess
Model homes are now open next to a former nuclear and rocket test site

By Joel Grover and Matthew Glasser
NBC I-Team (Los Angeles, CA)
March 1, 2016

Families are flocking to get a look at brand new model homes in a beautiful canyon west of Los Angeles. What some buyers might not realize is that the development, called Arroyo Vista at the Woodlands, is right next to one of the most contaminated sites in California -- the former Santa Susana Field Lab. Joel Grover reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016.

Families are flocking to get a look at brand new model homes in a beautiful canyon west of Los Angeles. What some buyers might not realize is that the development, called Arroyo Vista at the Woodlands, is right next to one of the most contaminated sites in California -- the former Santa Susana Field Lab.

State regulators and the lead developer for the project, KB Home, say the land is "safe for residential development." But the NBC4 I-Team found evidence, and experts, who raise questions about whether families should be living so close to the former nuclear and rocket test site.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/I-Team-Santa-Susana-Field-Lab-Model-Homes-LA-Nuclear-Secret-370534171.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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