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August 2005 -- PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Draft Report
Pages 62 - 64 contain information regarding nuclear
material under Brentwood School's athletic fields.
Draft Report
Pages 62 - 64 contain information regarding nuclear
material under Brentwood School's athletic fields.
September 22, 2005 CARES
Presentation
This document illuminates the CARES
options developed for the West LA VA and
was presented at the last public meeting at
the Wadsworth Theatre.
Presentation
This document illuminates the CARES
options developed for the West LA VA and
was presented at the last public meeting at
the Wadsworth Theatre.
September 22, 2005 CARES
Supplemental Site Plans
More information regarding options for the
West LA VA.
Supplemental Site Plans
More information regarding options for the
West LA VA.
September 22, 2005 -- Summary of CARES
Meeting
This is a detailed synopsis of the last public meeting at the
Wadsworth Theatre.
Meeting
This is a detailed synopsis of the last public meeting at the
Wadsworth Theatre.
January 11, 2006 FOIA
PricewaterhouseCoopers-VA Contract
This is woefully incomplete and heavily redacted document
is the result of a Freedom of Information Act request for the
PwC/VA contract that cost taxpayers nearly $10 million.
PricewaterhouseCoopers-VA Contract
This is woefully incomplete and heavily redacted document
is the result of a Freedom of Information Act request for the
PwC/VA contract that cost taxpayers nearly $10 million.
November 17, 2005 EnviroReporter Questions
for PricewaterhouseCoopers
PwC eventually answered these questions regarding the
nuke dump being under Brentwood School. The VA,
however, refused to allow Michael Collins to see their
responses. Only after a Nov. 30, 2006 Los Angeles Times
article on the testing of the dump did the VA reveal that
MicroTech LLC was the actual company hired by the VA to
do the study that revealed that nuclear waste and
asbestos-containing material are still buried under
Brentwood School's athletic fields.
for PricewaterhouseCoopers
PwC eventually answered these questions regarding the
nuke dump being under Brentwood School. The VA,
however, refused to allow Michael Collins to see their
responses. Only after a Nov. 30, 2006 Los Angeles Times
article on the testing of the dump did the VA reveal that
MicroTech LLC was the actual company hired by the VA to
do the study that revealed that nuclear waste and
asbestos-containing material are still buried under
Brentwood School's athletic fields.
March 27, 2006 -- House Committee on
Government Reform letter to VA
Reps. Tom Davis (R-VA) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) demand
contracts between VA and PricewaterhouseCoopers and
answers about the VA nuke dump. "Has the public been informed
that contaminates are buried under or near the location of the
Brentwood School athletic facility? Whose decision was it to leave
the non-excavated radioactive medical waste in place?”
Government Reform letter to VA
Reps. Tom Davis (R-VA) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) demand
contracts between VA and PricewaterhouseCoopers and
answers about the VA nuke dump. "Has the public been informed
that contaminates are buried under or near the location of the
Brentwood School athletic facility? Whose decision was it to leave
the non-excavated radioactive medical waste in place?”
Human Experimentation at UCLA
Included in a 1996 Department of Energy report on
human radiation testing are 23 UCLA experiments
noted here. They included the use of thirteen
radionuclides including Iodine-131, or radioiodine,
like that injected into this man and rabbit in a 1956
joint UCLA-Veterans Administration experiment.
Included in a 1996 Department of Energy report on
human radiation testing are 23 UCLA experiments
noted here. They included the use of thirteen
radionuclides including Iodine-131, or radioiodine,
like that injected into this man and rabbit in a 1956
joint UCLA-Veterans Administration experiment.
June 13, 2006 -- Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl,
Eleventh District letter to VA Secr. James Nicholson
Rosendahl demands that revelations unearthed by EnviroReporter.com
and Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat are "dealt with in a comprehensive
manner. In addition to investigating the entire area around the unlined
waste disposal sites, possible groundwater contamination must also be
investigated."
Eleventh District letter to VA Secr. James Nicholson
Rosendahl demands that revelations unearthed by EnviroReporter.com
and Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat are "dealt with in a comprehensive
manner. In addition to investigating the entire area around the unlined
waste disposal sites, possible groundwater contamination must also be
investigated."
1996 -- The Human Radiation Experiments -- Final Report
of the President's Advisory Committee
From report: “[B]y 1974, according to VA reports, more than 2,000
human radiation experiments would be performed at VA facilities,
many of which would work in tandem with neighboring medical
schools, such as the relationship between the UCLA medical school,
where Stafford Warren was now dean, and the Wadsworth (West Los
Angeles) VA Hospital.”
of the President's Advisory Committee
From report: “[B]y 1974, according to VA reports, more than 2,000
human radiation experiments would be performed at VA facilities,
many of which would work in tandem with neighboring medical
schools, such as the relationship between the UCLA medical school,
where Stafford Warren was now dean, and the Wadsworth (West Los
Angeles) VA Hospital.”
June 29, 2005 -- National Academy of Sciences, Committee
on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
"The scientific research base shows that there is no threshold of exposure
below which low levels of ionized radiation can be demonstrated to be
harmless or beneficial," said Richard R. Monson, the panel chairman and a
professor of epidemiology at Harvard's School of Public Health.
on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
"The scientific research base shows that there is no threshold of exposure
below which low levels of ionized radiation can be demonstrated to be
harmless or beneficial," said Richard R. Monson, the panel chairman and a
professor of epidemiology at Harvard's School of Public Health.
November 7, 2006 -- Brentwood Dog Park
Environmental Assessment -- Proposed
Project Schedule
This schedule by Millennium Consulting Associates had
one week of Phase One assessment shortened. This
week may be "front-loaded" onto the Phase Two in
Spring 2007.
Environmental Assessment -- Proposed
Project Schedule
This schedule by Millennium Consulting Associates had
one week of Phase One assessment shortened. This
week may be "front-loaded" onto the Phase Two in
Spring 2007.
November 27, 2006 -- Brentwood Dog Park
Hazard Assessment
Michael Noel, president of Millennium Consulting
Associates and project leader of the dump testing, gave
the community a detailed look at how his team will tackle
this unprecedented testing.
Hazard Assessment
Michael Noel, president of Millennium Consulting
Associates and project leader of the dump testing, gave
the community a detailed look at how his team will tackle
this unprecedented testing.
January 22, 2007 -- Letter from Pratt to then-Secretary of the
VA, R. James Nicholson
Pratt asks Secretary Nicholson to correct the MicroTech LLC report that said
"that radioactive biomedical waste was buried under land that Brentwood
School shares with the VA." No report of any such correction by Nicholson has
surfaced before or since he stepped down October 1, 2007.
VA, R. James Nicholson
Pratt asks Secretary Nicholson to correct the MicroTech LLC report that said
"that radioactive biomedical waste was buried under land that Brentwood
School shares with the VA." No report of any such correction by Nicholson has
surfaced before or since he stepped down October 1, 2007.
January 30, 2007 -- Letter from Brentwood School's Head of School
Michael D. Pratt to parents and colleagues
Pratt announces test results that indicate no "radioactivity above normal background
levels." He goes on to say that PricewaterhouseCoopers "publicly renounced
responsibility for the report, and the V.A. has confirmed publicly that the report was
wrong to the extent that it indicated that radioactive materials were ever buried under the
school's athletics complex." There is no indication in the 5,600 pages of documents
obtained by Congressman Waxman that either PricewaterhouseCoopers or the VA
made any such statements.
Michael D. Pratt to parents and colleagues
Pratt announces test results that indicate no "radioactivity above normal background
levels." He goes on to say that PricewaterhouseCoopers "publicly renounced
responsibility for the report, and the V.A. has confirmed publicly that the report was
wrong to the extent that it indicated that radioactive materials were ever buried under the
school's athletics complex." There is no indication in the 5,600 pages of documents
obtained by Congressman Waxman that either PricewaterhouseCoopers or the VA
made any such statements.
August 23, 2007 -- Letter from Congressman Waxman to
then-Secretary of the VA, R. James Nicholson
Waxman presses Nicholson for the results of the Phase I testing, which were originally
due in January 26, 2007. Due to concerns about the methodology, Waxman asked
"which portions of the West LA Campus Millenium Consulting Associates is testing."
then-Secretary of the VA, R. James Nicholson
Waxman presses Nicholson for the results of the Phase I testing, which were originally
due in January 26, 2007. Due to concerns about the methodology, Waxman asked
"which portions of the West LA Campus Millenium Consulting Associates is testing."
August 8, 2007 -- Congressman Henry Waxman releases over
5,600 pages of VA documents including dump information
EnviroReporter.com's analysis of the pertinent 86 West LA VA- related reports on the
Brentwood biomedical nuclear dump. The pertinent reports are snipped, pasted and
analyzed in these files by EnviroReporter.com.
5,600 pages of VA documents including dump information
EnviroReporter.com's analysis of the pertinent 86 West LA VA- related reports on the
Brentwood biomedical nuclear dump. The pertinent reports are snipped, pasted and
analyzed in these files by EnviroReporter.com.
Phase I testing results -- Millennium Consulting's report on
its December 2006 sampling of Barrington Dog Park, arroyos
of the dump and Brentwood School's football field
This highly controversial report is nevertheless valuable if for nothing more
than its suggestions for Phase II.
its December 2006 sampling of Barrington Dog Park, arroyos
of the dump and Brentwood School's football field
This highly controversial report is nevertheless valuable if for nothing more
than its suggestions for Phase II.
November 30, 2006 Los Angeles Times article
on Brentwood VA nuclear dump
Once this article came out, Brentwood School began testing
its property.
on Brentwood VA nuclear dump
Once this article came out, Brentwood School began testing
its property.
December 19, 2007 -- KCET "Life & Times" program reported by
Hena Cuevas -- "Nuclear Biomedical Waste Buried in Brentwood"
Includes highlighted VA comment in transcript: "From our perspective, there's
nothing to get out. In other words, it's a safe environment." This suggests that
despite their own records of what was dumped, maps of where the dump is, and
public and political pressure to find the radiation waste and remove it; the VA
maintains there's nothing to find yet they will spend $1 million to find nothing anyway.
Hena Cuevas -- "Nuclear Biomedical Waste Buried in Brentwood"
Includes highlighted VA comment in transcript: "From our perspective, there's
nothing to get out. In other words, it's a safe environment." This suggests that
despite their own records of what was dumped, maps of where the dump is, and
public and political pressure to find the radiation waste and remove it; the VA
maintains there's nothing to find yet they will spend $1 million to find nothing anyway.