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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Dan Hirsch Presents to National Academies on Low-Dose Radiation
dan hirsch presents to national academies on low dose radiation On October 27, 2021, Dan gave a presentation to a
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Olney: California breaks promise to clean up radioactive pollution from nuclear meltdown (KCRW)
Warren Olney, who first broke the Santa Susana Field Lab story on KNBC-4 in 1979, has just put out an
Guest column: Film brings long-awaited national spotlight on Santa Susana Field Lab (VC Star)
Dr. Robert Dodge has published a guest column in the VC Star about In the Dark of the Valley, the
Woolsey Fire Spread Radioactive Contamination (VC Reporter)
\”A peer-reviewed study published in the December 2021 issue of Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (JER) has found that radioactive contaminated
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1959 Santa Susana meltdown still hurts San Fernando Valley community. Why hasn’t it been cleaned? (KCRW)
KCRW\’s Greater LA podcast has run an episode on the SSFL. The podcast episode features an interview with cleanup activist
Environmental groups say safety measures lacking as Santa Susana Field Lab buildings demolished (LA Daily News)
\”The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab wrote in the letter that the state