Activists mark 65 years since partial meltdown at Santa Susana Field Lab (Los Angeles Daily News)

“Parks, a former Ventura County Supervisor, started paying attention to the Santa Susana site again as an adult in the 1980s after she heard about the disastrous environmental legacy associated with the field.

‘When I became an elected official, I had to do what I could to get it cleaned up,’ she said. ‘I kept saying, “What a surprise that it was allowed to carry on this long.”‘

Parks and a group of elected officials, residents and activists plan to gather on Saturday, July 13, to mark the 65th anniversary of the partial meltdown at the Santa Susana site. Community members say the cleanup is long overdue.”

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