Why isn't there more information on the news about the Santa Suzanna nuclear power plant spill years ago?

Question: I tivo'd the NBC news trailer last night and didn't hear the entire portion...it mentioned that the nuclear spill years ago has just been determined to be much larger than three mile island!!!!!! and was covered up. It has just been affirmed it DID cause cancer. We lived in Sherman Oaks at the time of this spill my father has stage 4 colon cancer :-( Can't find anymore info about this. any help will be great.

Answers:
" In 1959, a serious nuclear accident involving a reactor occurred at the Santa Susana Field Lab. Thirty years later, environmental reports began identifying radioactive and chemical contamination of the soils. In 1990, the Legislature commissioned a study of workers at the lab found that workers with higher lifetime exposure to radiation had increased risks of cancer. In 1997, the Santa Susana Advisory Panel, recommended a follow-up study to examine the health effects of the nuclear accident on the neighboring community. The Governor’s budget includes funding for this budget, but it has been determined that oversight of the study best resides with the CalEPA. "

-issue 13 ASSEMBLY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1
ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/committee/c1/hearing/1999/5-05181999a.doc

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You may also want to check out History Channel's "Engineering Disasters" series. You should get some more references there.

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