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Former naval station have been concerned the ground under their feet is radioactive and dangerous. Mark kelly reports, a final test to be done this summer doesnt make them feel any more at ease. Reporter on the surface, Treasure Island is paradise but people who call the island home say scratch the surface and its anything but. Do you think its safe to live on Treasure Island right now . I absolutely unequivocally do not believe its safe. Reporter Catherine Lundgren lived here a decade and says the side effects from radiation are one reason she moved off the island. Hair loss, rashes, cancer. ...

The navy turned it down. Finally, about six or eight months ago we found two sites and we asked the navy again and they refused. But this time they actually gave us an answer and they said that they really didnt want a dog park because it was too detrimental to the ground. It tore up the ground. And, you know, they didnt want it. And, so, shortly after that we found that the radiation sites had there had been more sites that had opened up. And, so, we find that its a little bit strange that this all happened at this particular time. And were sort of wondering why did this happen at this partic...

The hearing today, i just want to let you know that thats something that our office is working on. Were convening the Public Utilities commission and the City Administrators Office and tida to see what we can do to support the aging infrastructure through which our electricity runs through. As many of you know, this is the infrastructure that well, actually we havent inherited yet, but its currently owned by the u. S. Navy. Its aging. They havent put in the investment to improve it mainly because when the new Development Goes in, were going to set up an entirely new grid for electricity. That ...

Enough anecdotal material to state that these people have cancer issues. They have leukemias and theyre dying of cancer. And, so, it seems to me that we need to either get uc or one of the uc campuses, we need to get the navy to release these information, perhaps we have to get congresswoman pelosi involved. Perhaps we have to get Lieutenant Governor newsome involved and perhaps willie brown. But it seems to me there needs to be some study. There also needs to be something done for the residents who are currently here who are experiencing a disease process that cant be figured out. And, so, it...

The navy or their contractors by our regulatory agencies . Our understanding and our records and review of the records that we have is that the states lead Regulatory Department of agency, toxic and substance control hasnt issued violations to the navy or their contractors. Shaw environmental, who is the navys contractor on this work, did receive a notice of violation from the California Department of Public Health, the agency that had been conducting these scans that we talked about, on june 23rd, 2011. These violations a notice of violation is a statement that says, you need to correct these...