California Neighborhood Found to Be Contaminated with Radiation bit.ly/1eaHSdg A man-made residential landmass near the Golden Gate Bridge has been found to be highly contaminated with radiation after hundreds of “radioactive shards” were located in the ground on the West side of the island. What is most startling about the discovery is the fact that the Island was once home to a U.S. Naval base which may have had sections of the island that were sanctioned off for “Geiger counter training” according to reports.[1] RT reported, “Earlier this year, workers with the California Department of Public Health found radioactive shards in the ground on the western side of the island. One object was so radioactive that holding it for an hour would result in burns, hair loss, and other maladies, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting. Authorities issued a letter in March to the 2,000 people who live on the island, stating that the radioactivity left behind when the Navy base closed in 1997 is not a health risk today. But that reassurance was flawed in that it did not note the aforementioned radioactive risk found underground just months before. An internal memo written in September and unveiled this week admonished officials’ prior notice for implying that the area is known to be safe. More bit.ly/1eaHSdg
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 00:35:11 +0000
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