But not everyone agrees.
$1B S.F. shipyard lawsuit may end with just $1,200 payout for each resident (San Francisco Chronicle)
“In regard to the plutonium-239 issue, Navy officials described the concerning sample as an ‘outlier’ at a heated community meeting last week, and said that it measured as a dose ‘far below’ levels that could pose a health risk to workers and the community — but above the ‘action level’ agreed upon by the Navy and its regulatory partners in the Shipyard’s cleanup plan.
The Committee to Bridge the Gap, an environmental policy watchdog organization that has long tracked the Shipyard’s cleanup, issued a statement last week that described the contaminant as an ‘extraordinarily poisonous substance’ that has a half-life of more than 24,000 years.
‘The appearance of plutonium-239 in air filters at Hunters Point shows that radioactive particles were suspended in the air and not safely locked away in the ground as residents have long been promised,’ the group said, noting that the ‘full extent of contamination at some 90% of the Hunters Point property remains unknown.'”
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