Elevated radiation detected at former Bay Area landfill turned art park (LA Times)

“The new testing adds to the serious public health and safety concerns for one of the
Bay Area’s most cherished coastal spaces. Gamma radiation is particularly
concerning as this high-frequency energy can move through solid objects and human
tissue, damaging DNA molecules and raising a person’s risk for cancer, according to
Daniel Hirsch, retired director of environmental and nuclear policy at UC Santa Cruz.

‘It’s like subatomic bullets being fired at the cells,’ Hirsch said. ‘There is no safe
level. Every level carries some risk.'”

Read the full LA Times article about gamma radiation at the Albany Bulb by clicking here.