"The EPA initially said the new testing “reads as if the navy is suppressing data results it doesn’t like”. #Hunterspoint #strontium90 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/25/us-navy-accused-radiocative-shipyard-waste

NYT Architecture : Queens Library Architects Are Sued Over Lack of Accessibility https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/nyregion/queens-library-lawsuit-ada.html #HuntersPointCommunityLibrary(Queens,NY) #SuitsandLitigation(Civil) #HuntersPoint(Queens,NY) #LibrariesandLibrarians #Holl,Steven,Architects #Disabilities #Architecture #Holl,Steven #NewYorkCity

Radiological contamination in the Bay Area

"Fresh concerns raised about the cleanup of Hunters Point Shipyard"

"On Thursday, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a Bay Area-based nonprofit, filed a complaint to the Navy’s Inspector General demanding an investigation of the Navy’s analysis of #radioactive waste found at the site. PEER contends the Navy has consistently downplayed the risks posed by its findings and misled the public about potential harms.

The shipyard, a 900-acre Superfund site that once hosted a #radiological defense laboratory, has come under increasing scrutiny after the Navy reported that it found radioactive material on one of the parcels last October, with 10% of samples testing above EPA-approved screening levels. The material, Strontium-90, is a radioactive isotope that causes cancer and other health hazards."

@histodons @sts #nuclear #NuclearTest #SF #BayArea #HuntersPoint

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/more-concerns-raised-about-hunters-point-shipyard-cleanup/article_129b260a-d576-11ed-9abd-3346d524c5b2.html

What has happened at San Francisco's #HuntersPoint Shipyard with #toxic materials over the years is deserving of intense investigative reporting. This 4 part series, funded by USC, is trying to do that and you should follow it. https://48hills.org/2023/03/the-tragic-toxic-legacy-of-the-hunters-point-naval-shipyard/

There's so much constant construction of new #housing in the #HuntersPoint part of #LIC that this breakfast cart follows the crews from job to job.

#nyc

“The one part of the 490-acre shipyard that seems immune to change: The #HuntersPoint crane and its [burrito]-launching arch.” https://www.sfchronicle.com/vault/article/hunters-point-crane-nuclear-secret-17791233.php by @PeterHartlaub #SanFrancisco #USNavy #History #BurritoRailgun