A Tetra Tech whistleblower attorney, environmental doctor, Hunters Point activist and investigative reporter establish the inextricable link between Treasure Island and Hunters Point in the Navy’s toxic contamination of two Superfund sites

by Carol Harvey, Investigative Reporter

During a Friday, May 20, 2022, virtual panel discussion sponsored by the San Francisco City College Journalism Department, student reporter Garrett Leahy posed probing questions of four experts: Tetra Tech whistleblower attorney David Anton, environmental physician James Dahlgren, MD, Hunters Point resident activist Arieann Harrison and Treasure Island investigative reporter Carol Harvey.

Their conversation confirmed the inextricable link between Treasure Island and Hunters Point, exposing the Navy’s liability for the contamination of the two Superfund sites with radiation, chemicals and heavy metals that have caused illness and death among resident low-income people and people of color. The following article is a paraphrased version of the meeting.

Garrett Leahy: Welcome! I’m Garrett Leahy, participant in the Emerging Journalist Fellowship Initiative, a California Humanities project funded by the Mellon Foundation, sponsored by City College of San Francisco Journalism Department Chair Juan Gonzales and faculty advisor Alex Mullaney.

Whistleblower attorney David Anton, James Dahlgren, MD, Arieann Harrison, environmental activist, and Carol Harvey, investigative journalist, will discuss...

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