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Treasure Island Sites Safe From Radiation, Health Officials Say

October 25, 2012, 2:00 pm • Posted by KQED News Staff and Wires
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by Katharine Mieszkowski and Matt Smith, The Bay Citizen State health officials have declared day care and youth centers, ballfields, some residential backyards and other sites on Treasure Island safe from radiation in response to fears about the area’s nuclear … Continue reading »

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Navy Sought to Stifle Radiation Concerns About Treasure Island

August 28, 2012, 10:06 am • Posted by KQED News Staff
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Matt Smith and Katharine Mieszkowski, The Bay Citizen As U.S. Navy officials readied a report this summer acknowledging a broader history of radioactive contamination at Treasure Island, they also sought to prevent California health officials from adding to the written … Continue reading »

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Interview: California Health Dept Interim Director on Japan Radiation in Milk

April 1, 2011, 4:02 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Yesterday, The California Report's Central Valley Bureau Chief Sasha Khokha interviewed Dr. Howard Backer, Interim Director of the California Dept of Public Health, about traces of radioactive iodine emanating from Japan's downed nuclear power plant that have been found in … Continue reading »

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