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San Francisco health officials press Navy for climate-risk studies as community presents biomonitoring data
Summary
DPH staff outlined the department—s role in the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard cleanup, urged clearer Navy communication and parcel-level climate resiliency studies, and faced public claims of radionuclide exposure from local biomonitoring work.
Susan Phillip, director of the population health division and San Francisco—s health officer, told the Department of Public Health Commission that the department has been intensifying engagement on the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard cleanup and submitting technical comments to federal regulators reviewing the Navy's five-year report. The report, required under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), evaluates whether remedies remain protective of human health and the environment.
"We at DPH are following along very closely to understand the key technical issues involved and also to understand the community and expert input and reactions," Phillip said, describing the department—s interdisciplinary team and its outreach to Bayview-Hunters Point residents and advocacy organizations. She said DPH does not hold a formal regulatory role while the…
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