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Woolsey Fire Burns Nuclear Meltdown Site that State Toxics Agency Failed to Clean Up
Statement by Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles (@psrla)
#SSFL #WoolseyFire #SimiValley #OakPark #BellCanyon
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The #WoolseyFire began on the property of the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory. #SSFL, a former nuclear and rocket engine testing site, is one of the most contaminated sites in the nation.
#SimiValley #OakPark #VenturaCounty #BellCanyon #WestHills #SFV

"Santa Susana Field Laboratory (#SSFL / #Rocketdyne) burned in the #WoolseyFire, threatening toxic exposures from contaminated dust, smoke, ash & soil. The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) denies risk that it created by delaying the long promised cleanup." -@PSRLA

Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles (@PSRLA) writes, "On November 10, Los Angeles Magazine ran an article claiming there was no risk related to SSFL contamination from the #Woolseyfire that we now know actually began on the #SSFL property itself."

"#WoolseyFire burned the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory (#SSFL), a former nuclear & rocket engine testing site. TV footage showed flames surrounding rocket test stands, & the fire’s progress through to #OakPark indicates that much of the toxic site burned." -@PSRLA

“We can’t trust anything that DTSC says,” said #WestHills resident Melissa Bumstead, whose young daughter has twice survived #leukemia that she blames on #SSFL and who has mapped 50 other cases of rare pediatric #cancers near the site. #WoolseyFire #SimiValley #oakparkfire

"Self-reported #map showing 50 kids w/ #cancer that I [Melissa Bumstead] know personally. Every kid shown lives within 20 miles of the Santa Susana Field Lab meltdown. Kids in color were diagnosed between 2012-2017, kids in grey were diagnosed 2010 & earlier." #WoolseyFire #SSFL

Melissa Bumstead organized a group called “Parents vs. SSFL” and launched a @Change #petition demanding full cleanup of #SSFL that has been signed by over 412,000 people.
#WoolseyFire #oakparkfire #ThousandOaks #SimiValley #BellCanyon #Calabasas
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VIDEO: Nuclear reactor accidents, including a famous partial meltdown, tens of thousands of rocket engine tests, & sloppy environmental practices have left #SSFL polluted with widespread radioactive & chemical contamination.
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#WoolseyFire #VenturaCounty

"Government-funded studies indicate increased #cancers for offsite populations associated with proximity to the site, and that contamination migrates offsite over #EPA levels of concern." -@PSRLA
More than a half million people live within 10 miles.
#WoolseyFire #SSFL #BellCanyon

Dr. Robert Dodge, President of @PSRLA, shares the community’s concerns. “We’re talking about incredibly dangerous radionuclides and toxic chemicals such as trichloroethylene, perchlorate, dioxins and heavy metals."
#WoolseyFire #SSFL #SimiValley #VenturaCounty #SFV #LosAngeles

"These toxic materials are in #SSFL’s soil and vegetation, and when it burns and becomes airborne in smoke and ash, there is real possibility of heightened exposure for area residents.” -@PSRLA
#WoolseyFire #WoolseyCanyon #Boeing #BellCanyon #SimiValley #VenturaCounty #LosAngeles

Santa Susana Field Laboratory in #SimiHills, w/ #SFV & San Gabriel Mountains beyond to the east. The Energy Technology Engineering Center site is in the flat Area IV at lower left, w/ the Rocket Test Field Laboratory sites in the hills at the center. (Spring 2005) #WoolseyFire

Dr. Robert Dodge, President of @PSRLA, said protective measures recommended during any fire, such as staying indoors & wearing protective face masks, are even more important given risks associated w/ #SSFL’s contamination. #WoolseyFire #SimiValley #VenturaCounty #LosAngelesFire

Born & raised in #OakPark. Brookside, Medea Creek, OPHS, Agoura High, & Moorpark. Family, friends, & I went on countless hikes to China Flat in #SimiHills & throughout Santa Monica Mountains. I remember #SSFL sounds & colorful chemical skies. #WoolseyFire
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Video by @Change: Melissa's daughter Grace is one of 50+ children diagnosed with rare forms of cancer, all within miles of the Santa Susana Field Lab, site of one of worst nuclear meltdowns in U.S. history.
#WoolseyFire #SSFL #SimiValley #VenturaCounty

Santa Susana Field Lab was developed in the 1940s to conduct nuclear research. In 1959 an uncontained partial meltdown of a sodium reactor caused a devastating radiation leak. It was kept secret, and only uncovered after twenty years by students at #UCLA.
#WoolseyFire #SSFL

Coverage by @papayathemariah @LATACO of #WoolseyFire and #SSFL
The Woosley Fire Tore Through a Nuclear Testing Site ~ Doctors Sound Alarm on Possible Air Contamination (@PSRLA)
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#SimiValley #Chatsworth

"Well I'm going to go ahead and give you The Oscar. The Kardashian's made the news about the SSFL and I believe it was because you started the information. Rock on! 🗽🤘"
-Donald Bond @DonaldWBond

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