Runkle Canyon radiation report spells trouble by Michael Collins Ventura County Reporter – February 19, 2009 Nearly 50 people filled Simi Valley City Hall chambers late last month in a much-anticipated Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) meeting about environmental conditions in Runkle Canyon. The 1,595-acre property is where KB […]

Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development P. 11/76: “If significant amounts of medical debris were encountered, all activity in that areas would be suspended and a Health and Safety Plan (HSP) would be prepared. The HSP […]

Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development This 530-page file includes numerous reports from the 1960s on and provides a great deal of information that previously had only been available in hard copy. Following are snippets and […]

Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development On August 8, 2007, Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) provided EnviroReporter.com, the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press the link to a page on Waxman’s website that contained 86 […]

It’s all about savings in the multi-billion-dollar recycled radiation business By Michael Collins Pasadena Weekly – December 27, 2001 My neighbor stared intensely at her silverware, eyes bulging. Then she glowered at me. “You mean that this could be radioactive?” Whipping out my Geiger-Counter, this lady’s utensils registered “hot,” meaning […]

By Michael Collins LA Weekly – December 9, 1998 Pulling up to Simi Valley City Hall the morning of October 21, EPA staffer Vicky Semones was counting on a quiet, efficient work meeting. Her job was to coordinate the scientists, public officials and community representatives monitoring the cleanup from decades […]

Cancer rates elevated among space-lab workers By Michael Collins LA Weekly – April 21, 1999 The other gooey shoe dropped last week in Simi Valley. UCLA’s School of Public Health released its long-term study of Rocketdyne employees exposed to a soup of toxic chemicals while working on the company’s giant […]

Watchdog agency under fire for colluding with space firm By Michael Collins LA Weekly – May 5, 1999 The controversy over potential toxic contamination of workers and the community surrounding Rocketdyne’s Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Simi Valley is now threatening to engulf a state agency charged with monitoring inquiries […]

Simi Valley’s Rocketdyne facility was blasted by 50 years of rocket engines and nuclear reactor meltdowns, leaving a toxic disaster atop what residents call “The Hill.” Runoff may be poisoning Southland residents. And now the government just broke a promise to clean it up. Los Angeles ValleyBeat – June 12, […]

Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat – July 3, 2003 Last week’s news that the toxic chemical perchlorate was found gurgling from a groundwater well, nearly a mile outside the northern border of the Rocketdyne facility, shocked many Simi and San Fernando valley residents. But former Rocketdyne worker Lynwood Sibley was hardly surprised. […]

More good news about contamination from your friends at Rocketdyne By Michael Collins Ventura County Reporter – September 23, 2004 With new revelations coming almost monthly, the scope of the toxic mess at the Rocketdyne aerospace complex in the hills between the San Fernando and Simi valleys continues to grow. […]

More good news about contamination from your friends at Rocketdyne By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat – September 27, 2004 With new revelations coming almost monthly, the scope of the toxic mess at the Rocketdyne aerospace complex in the hills between the San Fernando and Simi valleys continues to grow. […]

Boeing settles massive lawsuit over the Valley’s heavily polluted Rocketdyne site By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat – October 6, 2005 For years, the residents of Simi Valley and western San Fernando Valley towns adjacent to Boeing’s Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) have claimed that the troubled site, polluted with […]

Two new reports find elevated cancers and other risks within a few miles of Rocketdyne By Michael Collins Los Angeles ValleyBeat – February 16, 2006 On February 2, two long-anticipated UCLA studies analyzing cancer rates and toxic contamination around Boeing’s massive Santa Susana Field Laboratory were finally released. Years in […]

Gov. Schwarzenegger terminates the uncertainty of Rocketdyne cleanup with historic move that keeps California in charge – for now By Michael Collins Ventura County Reporter – January 24, 2008 It was a move as deft as any he has ever made in his action films, this time potentially saving countless […]

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