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Bayview residents press SF Environment commissioners on decades of toxic exposures
Summary
Residents at a San Francisco Commission on the Environment meeting urged the department to act on long-standing pollution, construction dust and health problems in Bayview Hunters Point, calling for independent testing, enforcement and stronger cross-agency coordination.
Dozens of Bayview Hunters Point residents told the San Francisco Commission on the Environment on Dec. 3 that persistent contamination and recent construction activity continue to harm neighborhood health and quality of life.
At the commission’s meeting at the Bayview Opera House, long-time activist Espanola "Mother" Jackson recounted a history of toxins from the Hunters Point shipyard and Treasure Island and urged independent environmental testing around a new clinic at 3450 Third Street, saying the city’s own agencies cannot be trusted to protect children.…
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