[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, VOCs: "Old nuclear missile silo plagues Placer County [CA] minds"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Old nuclear missile silo plagues Placer County minds. What lurks outside their homes? 

BY ELISE FISHER 
Sacramento Bee (CA)
JULY 18, 2024

Stan Everhart looked out from his backyard in Sun City Lincoln Hills and saw an open field — green and lush in the rainy seasons and more like dry kindling in the summer, peppered with a few trees along the horizon and the occasional rabbit sprinting through. At one point in the distance, the landscape slopes upwards, blocking his view of a mostly abandoned road and what lies beyond. 

Recently, his view has changed. Now, along the perimeter of his neighbor’s fences thick yellow poles jut out from the ground, each surrounded by three more poles that act as a barrier. Perhaps a bit unsightly, Everhart knows that they are an important part of a cleanup effort he and his neighbors have been petitioning for over the last two years. 

“When we bought the house, it was like ‘quick, hurry up, buy it fast,’” Everhart said. “So we bought it and then about six months later, we started hearing about contaminated soils out back.” 

Everhart had no idea about what was hiding behind the field when he moved into his Sun City home, a common experience of those living in his neighborhood.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article289704239.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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