Did California give Boeing a pass on a major pollution cleanup? (LA Times)
Read Michael Hiltzik’s new column on the SSFL.
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San Francisco Civil Grand Jury Releases Report on HPNS and Climate Change
Read the report, Buried Problems and a Buried Process: The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in a Time of Climate Change,
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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
State Announces Clean Up For Contaminated Nuclear Site, Which Advocates Call ‘A Back Room Deal\’ (NBC4)
\”The state on Monday announced an agreement with the Boeing Corporation to clean up a large part of one of
Safety questions arise as Los Alamos National Laboratory pursues pit production
“There’s no safe level of radiation,” Hirsch said. “The issue is how dangerous is acceptable. The whole game is that
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In Memoriam: Joe Maizlish – War Resister, Gentle Soul, Dear Friend
Joe Maizlish—war resister, gentle soul, and dear friend of Bridge the Gap—died March 16, 2022. While a graduate student in history at UCLA in 1968, to protest the Vietnam War, Joe gave up his draft deferment and publicly refused induction. He served 2 ½ years in various federal prisons, a substantial amount of the time in solitary confinement. In the decades since, he worked diligently against war and injustice. He helped found the Southern California Nonviolence Community. He advocated for a peaceful and just resolution of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. He worked for an end to the underlying and systemic causes of violence. In his person, he also embodied the values of gentleness, humility, and caring that he worked for in the world at large. The photo of Joe refusing induction [click photo for larger version] exemplifies who he was at heart: someone who did the right thing, at great personal cost, and who gently asked us all, what are we going to do to help transform a world filled with war?
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Rare Pediatric Cancers Persist 63 Years After Nuclear Accident (WebMD)
Read the full WebMD News Brief on the Santa Susana Field Lab here.
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Can the California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control be trusted to clean up vulnerable communities? (Sacramento News & Review)
More than a dozen former DTSC officials, key environmental figures and impacted community members outlined to Capital & Main what
Water quality board delays decision on renewal of field lab discharge permit (Thousand Oaks Acorn)
The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has postponed until further notice a decision on the renewal of a
CBG et al. Presentation to LA Water Board Rejecting Weakened SSFL Pollution Permit
On February 10, Dan Hirsch and Melissa Bumstead gave a presentation to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
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National Academy Radiation Panel Conflicts of Interest
Hirsch presentation before the NASEM panel on Jan. 25, 2022 https://committeetobridgethegap.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DH-Disclosure-of-NAS-Conflicts-of-Interest-1.25.22.mp4
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Comments by CBG et al. on Stormwater Pollution Permit Proposed by Boeing and LA Water Board
The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has released a tentative National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for the
Nuclear energy backers say it’s vital for the fight against global warming. Don’t be so sure (LA Times)
The 1959 explosion of a sodium-cooled test reactor at the government’s secretive Santa Susana Field Laboratory outside Simi Valley remains
Are radioactive wildfires next on California’s apocalyptic climate-change guest list? (SF Chronicle)
\”In 1959, there was a partial nuclear reactor meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Ventura County. The release,
Fighting to expose the lies (Simi Valley Acorn)
Melissa Bumstead writes in the Simi Valley Acorn, \”In regards to the article “Field lab doc highlights lack of trust,”
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Watchdog\’s report raises concerns on plutonium at Los Alamos (Santa Fe New Mexican)
““They’ve identified another safety hazard at Los Alamos … and they’re estimating doses that are astronomical,” said Dan Hirsch, retired
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Radioactive contamination is creeping into drinking water around the U.S. (Ensia)
“When Jeni Knack moved to Simi Valley, California, in 2018, she had no idea that her family’s new home was
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Harper’s Magazine Reports on the Risky Resurgence of Nuclear Power
Harper’s Magazine Reports on the Risky Resurgence of Nuclear Power “Dwight Eisenhower’s ‘Atoms for Peace’ program, unveiled in 1953, set
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County probes whether dust drifted from contaminated field lab site because of detonations (VC Star)
“The Ventura County Air Pollution Control District is investigating whether dust drifted off the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory site
CBG Releases 2021 Newsletter
CBG has released its 2021 annual Newsletter as well as a year end letter by CBG President Dan Hirsch.
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