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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Navy Sought to Stifle Radiation Concerns About Treasure Island

Navy Sought to Stifle Radiation Concerns About Treasure Island

KQED (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
Matt Smith and Katharine Mieszkowski, The Bay Citizen As U.S. Navy officials readied a report this summer acknowledging a broader history of radioactive contamination at Treasure Island, they also sought to prevent California health officials from adding to ...http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2012/08/28/navy-sought-to-stifle-radiation-concerns-about-treasure-island/

US Navy Sought to Stifle Radiation Concerns About Treasure Island

NBC Bay Area - ‎6 hours ago‎
Piles of debris in plastic bags are seen inside a fenced in clean up area at the former site of the Lake of the Nations. The ongoing cleanup of toxic and radioactive materials left behind by the US Navy is seen on Treasure Island in San Francisco, CA Thursday ...

Navy sought to stifle concerns of radiation on island, emails show
California Watch
“There have been several (high-radiation) shipments and about a thousand intermodal (containers) of radium waste shipped from Treasure Island,” he wrote, adding that previous Navy explanations for the radioactive waste on the island were insufficient.
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