Will you join Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab to protect the health and safety of people living near greater Los Angeles? The residents there have been fighting for the complete cleanup of a toxic site near their homes, the Santa Susana Field Lab.
Even though the Santa Susana Field Lab is one of the most toxic sites in California and the site of one of America’s worst nuclear meltdowns, it remains dangerously contaminated today. The Boeing Company owns most of the site but does not want to pay for the site’s complete “background” cleanup.
California EPA and Boeing renegotiated prior cleanup agreements that would have removed all of the contamination. The new cleanup agreement now allows over 90% of the site to remain contaminated in perpetuity, even though independent studies have linked the site to higher cancer rates in the community.
In reality, the dangers of the Field Lab extend far beyond the people living nearby. The Santa Susana Field Lab impacts watersheds used for farming in Ventura County and pollutes the Los Angeles River and the Pacific Ocean. The smoke and ash from the 2018 Woolsey Fire, which began at the site, were found to have radionuclides that spread with the wind. The site also harms fragile wildlife and the ecosystem, which can impact all of California over time.
The elected official near the Santa Susana Field Lab promised to sue if the cleanup agreements were weakened, but it’s been a year, but they haven’t begun litigation. Today, community members are gathering signatures to demand the site’s complete cleanup, and this is where you come in:
Will you support them? Or will they have to fight alone?