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Guest column: Film brings long-awaited national spotlight on Santa Susana Field Lab (VC Star)

CBGNov 20, 20211 min read

Dr. Robert Dodge has published a guest column in the VC Star about In the Dark of the Valley, the great new SSFL documentary premiering now on MSNBC. Read the column here: https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/editorials/2021/11/20/film-brings-long-awaited-national-spotlight-santa-susana-field-lab/8675132002/

Woolsey Fire Spread Radioactive Contamination (VC Reporter)

CBGNov 17, 20211 min read

“A peer-reviewed study published in the December 2021 issue of Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (JER) has found that radioactive contaminated particles were spread during the 2018 Woolsey Fire from Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL) to offsite locations.” Read the whole…

1959 Santa Susana meltdown still hurts San Fernando Valley community. Why hasn’t it been cleaned? (KCRW)

CBGNov 17, 20211 min read

KCRW’s Greater LA podcast has run an episode on the SSFL. The podcast episode features an interview with cleanup activist Melissa Bumstead, In the Dark of the Valley director Nicholas Mihm, and KNBC-4’s investigative reporter Joel Grover. The second part…

Environmental groups say safety measures lacking as Santa Susana Field Lab buildings demolished (LA Daily News)

CBGNov 15, 20211 min read

“The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab wrote in the letter that the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, also known as DTSC, endangered public health in communities adjacent to the 2850 acres-acre field…

Explosion Sends Potentially Radioactive Dust Into Air Above LA (NBC LA)

CBGNov 15, 20211 min read

The U.S. Department of Energy demolished a building using explosives last month at the highly contaminated Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL), a former nuclear and rocket test site in the hills above LA. .. The explosion sent clouds of dust…

Parents of young cancer patients driven to activism after cases get linked to nearby nuclear lab (MSNBC)

CBGNov 14, 20211 min read

In conjunction with the release today of the new SSFL documentary In the Dark of the Valley, Melissa Bumstead was interviewed on MSNBC. Watch her interview here.

Study: Radioactive elements reached neighborhoods near Santa Susana Field Lab during Woolsey Fire (Daily News)

CBGOct 22, 20211 min read

“Highly contaminated radioactive particles traveled to residential neighborhoods from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory during the 2018 Woolsey Fire, according to a new study.The peer-reviewed study called “Radioactive microparticles related to the Woolsey Fire in Simi Valley, CA” was spearheaded…

Study: Fire, wind carried radioactive materials from lab to Thousand Oaks (Thousand Oaks Acorn)

CBGOct 21, 20211 min read

“A new study indicates that radioactive material migrated off an old nuclear energy and rocket engine test site in the hills above Simi Valley during the 2018 Woolsey fire and into surrounding communities like Thousand Oaks. The independent study, published…

Radioactive Waste Fell On Some LA-Area Neighborhoods During 2018 Woolsey Fire, New Study Shows (NBC)

CBGOct 18, 20211 min read

High levels of radioactive particles landed in neighborhoods from Thousand Oaks to Simi Valley during the massive 2018 Woolsey fire, which started at the contaminated Santa Susana Field Lab, according to a peer-reviewed study just published by a team of…

Study finds radioactive contamination migrated off field lab site during Woolsey Fire (VC Star)

CBGOct 17, 20211 min read

“A new study has found that radioactive contamination migrated from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site during the 2018 Woolsey Fire into Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks and other neighboring communities.The study contradicts a report by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control…

MSNBC Films Acquires SSFL Documentary ‘In the Dark of the Valley’

CBGOct 11, 20211 min read

A fight for answers as to why their children were battling rare cancers forms the crux of “In the Dark of the Valley,” the newest acquisition by MSNBC Films, a nascent unit that hopes to build the cable-news network’s pipeline…