“People are getting exposed, toxic exposure,” said Arieann Harrison, founder of the Marie Harrison Community Foundation, an environmental justice nonprofit, at Thursday’s hearing. “We have been carrying around as much evidence as you need in our bodies.”
A committee of the Board of Supervisors called for a swift cleanup of the Hunters Point Shipyard Thursday, redoubling demands made earlier this month that the 936-acre Superfund site on The City’s southeastern shoreline be fully remediated of toxic and radioactive materials after years of delay, fraud and what many deem as gross mismanagement of the former naval base.
While this could complicate the future of the largest redevelopment project in San Francisco’s history, which is slated to include over 10,000 new homes, Walton was forceful at Thursday’s hearing when he said, “This has nothing to do with the housing.” Though it’s impossible to know the scope of radioactive or toxic contamination, notes Daniel Hirsch, president of the nonprofit watchdog group Committee to Bridge the Gap, the Navy has acknowledged that the migration of toxic materials was possible within the area and that groundwater beneath the site had also potentially been contaminated.
It remains unclear how the mayor will respond to the increasing pressure to act. Thus far, Breed has been largely dismissive of the findings and recommendations in the Civil Grand Jury report, saying that the Navy and EPA’s oversight and remediation efforts were sufficient, despite much distrust from residents and environmental justice advocates.
“We think this is a significant victory,” said Bradley Angel, executive director for the environmental justice nonprofit Green Action.
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