#109: W/ Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab

For our first episode about environmental issues in California, we sat down and interviewed Melissa and Jeni, the founders of Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab. This is a 5013C organization dedicated to the environmental clean up of the notorious Santa Santa Field Lab located in the Simi Valley hills of Southern California. For decades, rocket tests were performed, and nuclear contamination spread into the air downwind into communities like Canoga Park and Chatsworth, and runoff has also spread into the water supply. https://parentsagainstssfl.com/95% of Boeing’s contamination may remain onsite according to independent analysis.85% of Boeing’s soil may be misclassified as non-hazardous and taken to Simi LandfillPotentially inadequate dust mitigation measures during excavation this summer could increase the risk of fugitive dust from the contaminated site Sources: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investi...https://thebulletin.org/2019/02/a-fai...  / inside-americas-secret-chernobyl-the-radio...  https://www.reuters.com/article/busin...https://www.latimes.com/environment/n...