"That statement, and subsequent statements issued by DTSC as to the harmlessness of the smoke and ash, are unsubstantiated and at odds with the truth." –Michael Collins, EnviroReporter
#WoolseyFire #SSFL #Rocketdyne #DTSC #CAFires

Prior to the first round of data analysis, Department of Toxic Substances Control (#DTSC) rushed to the media saying that its scientists "do not believe the fire caused any releases of hazardous materials that would pose a risk to people exposed to the smoke."
#WoolseyFire #SSFL

They outline 5 specific requests regarding transparency from #DTSC & conclude, "Given the serious & unsettling nature of this situation, we respectfully request that all information & data be disclosed as quickly as possible. Our community—and the broader public—deserve answers."

Representatives @HenrySternCA@twitter.com and @ASMGabriel@twitter.com authored a joint letter to Barbara Lee, Director of #DTSC, calling for "full transparency" to "ensure the public is fully aware of any public health risks posed by the Woolsey Fire on Santa Susana Field Laboratory."
#WoolseyFire #SSFL

🔥 THREAD 😷 Public Risks from the #WoolseyFire and the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (#SSFL): A Letter from @HenrySternCA@twitter.com and @ASMGabriel@twitter.com to the #California Department of Toxic Substances Control (#DTSC)
📨 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/20/18819268.php
#CaliforniaFires #LosAngeles #SFV #VenturaCounty

RT @NoSympathy4@twitter.com: @BradleySA@twitter.com @PSRLA@twitter.com @HenrySternCA@twitter.com @BobBlumenfield@twitter.com @SheilaKuehl@twitter.com @JesseForASM45@twitter.com When are indep tests for #SSFL going to be conducted & results released to the entire public, as promised at Sunday's meeting? We want tests analyzed for ALL contaminants that could be at site. We don't trust #DTSC

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NoSympathy4/status/1062789419520774149

State Senator Henry Stern (@HenrySternCA), speaking to @Mike___Harris@twitter.com of the @VCStar@twitter.com, stated, "the lack of information coming out of #DTSC is troubling to people." He continued, "I'm frustrated. I want more timely information getting out to the public." #WoolseyFire #LosAngeles

Marie Mason, #SimiValley resident and co-founder of #Rocketdyne Cleanup Coalition, agrees. “We’re outraged that after all these years, decades of foot-dragging by #DTSC, an agency that is captured by polluters, may have resulted in even more toxic exposures." #WoolseyFire #Boeing

RT @PSRLA@twitter.com: A statement released by #DTSC failed to assuage community concerns given DTSC’s longtime pattern of misinformation about SSFL’s contamination and its repeated broken promises to clean it up. #SantaSusana #NuclearMeltdownSite #Woolseyfire (2)

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PSRLA/status/1061062700371861504