West Hills resident Melissa Bumstead, founder of Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab, said the group has identified 81 cases of pediatric cancer within a 10-mile radius of the SSFL.
Jeff Ruch, founder and executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the agreement is an “unprecedented concession to an industrial polluter who wants to use this as an instrument to escape past cleanup obligations.”
He said that under the DTSC agreement reached in June, Boeing will be allowed to leave between 90% and 95% of the contaminants untouched.
