Nuclear Waste in our Midst

Percolating just out of sight and mind at the former Naval Shipyards at Hunters Point is one of the nation's most severe toxic hotspots. Radioactive debris from the H-Bomb tests in the 1940s and 1950s was brought back to Hunters Point for testing and cleaning. Ensuing waste ended up in the soil. The countless toxic chemicals used in naval operations also accumulated below the landfill, all ready to be pushed back to the surface by rising sea levels and groundwater. Hear from author Lindsay Dillon Toxic City, the Public Press special reporter Chris Roberts, and longtime shipyard artist Stacey Carter, who has produced a fantastic and unprecedented history of the shipyard.