Category: Chemical Contamination
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Press Release: Santa Susana Slated to Remain Major Ecological Hazard
Today, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and Committee to Bridge the Gap issued a press release revealing that the proposed cleanup at the Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL) would...
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New concerns raised about toxic chemicals at Santa Susana site (LA Daily News)
“A watchdog group issued a report last month saying that two highly toxic chemicals are not being monitored at the Santa Susana Field lab and potentially can leak into the...
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Forever chemicals at former Nasa lab are leaking into LA River, say watchdogs (The Guardian)
“Two highly toxic chemicals polluting a former Nasa research site are also probably contaminating the Los Angeles River and aquifer from which the region’s agricultural growers draw their water, watchdog...
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State’s new deal to clean up radioactive Santa Susana Field Lab is slammed by critics (LA Daily News)
“Nearly 15 years ago the Boeing Company and the state agency that oversees cleanup of the radioactively and chemically polluted Santa Susana Field Lab signed an agreement that asked Boeing...
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NASA will dismantle two test sites at toxic Santa Susana Field Lab area (LA Daily News)
Supporters of a complete cleanup of the site responded warily. Critics say that NASA already agreed under the terms of a binding deal with the state in 2010 to clean...
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LA Times Today: Santa Susana nuclear meltdown
LA Times Today featured a segment on SSFL, including an interview with Melissa Bumstead and clips from the forthcoming SSFL documentary film In the Dark of the Valley. You can...
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Three SF supervisors, environmental groups seek ouster of health official after Chronicle investigation
Three San Francisco supervisors and a group of environmental activists are calling for a city public health official to be reassigned or fired, saying she misled the public about a...
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CBG and NRDC Comments on NASA’s Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
NASA’s Final SEIS selected a cleanup alternative that would violate the 2010 legally binding AOC and would leave approximately 72% of the contaminated soil not cleaned up. Click here to read...
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CBG and NRDC Comments to the State Historic Resource Commission Opposing Nomination of SSFL as a Cultural District
CBG and NRDC comments on the Trump Administration’s proposal to designate the heavily contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory as a cultural district. CBG and NRDC found that that the proposal...
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NASA wants nuclear-contaminated Santa Susana site to be made a historic landmark
In what some have described as a cynical attempt by a U.S. government agency to avoid a long-promised cleanup of toxic and radioactive contaminants, NASA has nominated the Santa Susana...
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Hunters Point Testing May Defy US Rules
Watch the news story below. To read the full article click here.
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Revisions to Hunters Point Radiation Testing Report Draw Fire
NBC Bay Area reports. Read the story here.
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Supervisors recommend rejection of NASA effort to have field lab declared cultural site
Read the Ventura County news report here.
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Revisions to Hunters Point Radiation Testing Report Draw Fire
Read the NBC Bay Area news report here.
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SSFL: Proof positive of the failure of government
Proof positive of the failure of government