Toxic Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes, San Francisco Chronicle

Coming soon: An investigation into questions and concerns arising from the cleanup of toxic former Navy sites around San Francisco Bay. Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes of the San Francisco Chronicle report.
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Six former San Francisco cops who were stationed at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard — where ships were brought for decontamination after the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests — share what it was like to work at an EPA Superfund site whose cleanup has become a scandal. They also describe the fears they have about their own health and that of their families.
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When Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes of the San Francisco Chronicle began reporting about the cleanup of radioactive former military sites around the Bay Area, they thought they'd be writing a few long, deeply reported stories, and this podcast would accompany them in documentary form. But their reporting, as well as that of other reporters, has resulted in breaking news. So Toxic will now be a weekly discussion of this developing story. This week: A review of what's been reported to this point.
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Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes discuss the Department of Justice's plans to sue Tetra Tech EC, revealed in court files made public last week. Tetra Tech is the Navy contractor accused of widespread fraud in the cleanup of San Francisco’s toxic Hunters Point shipyard. The government throwing its weight behind the whistle-blowers bolsters their allegations of misconduct.
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A team of researchers has published a report saying that — separate from any fraud — the cleanup of the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco has been inadequate in ways that, in the words of the lead researcher, "would knock my socks off." Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes talk about the latest breaking news in the cleanup scandal. 
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As tons of toxic soil piled up around cops who worked at the Hunters Point shipyard, San Francisco assured them  they were safe. But the city never knew, and still doesn't. Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes talk about the latest story in their investigation for the San Francisco Chronicle.
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