California Wildfire Hits Nuclear Waste Site, Authorities Accused of Cover-Up

As the wildfires continue to ravage California, fears are mounting that the fires may have caused airborne radioactive toxins to spread after the blaze has torn through a nuclear waste site. Activists are accusing authorities of covering-up the threat posed by the substances from a Superfund site, and believe the risks are being "downplayed" to avoid mass panic. The fire has hit the Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL) in the Simi Hills, a federal Superfund site where the worst nuclear meltdown in US history occurred in 1959. The California Department of Toxic Substances Control claims there is no reason to be concerned of "any risks other than those normally present in a wildfire situation," although locals aren't so sure, pointing out that the agency has a history of dragging its feet in cleaning up toxic sites and accusing the organization of a possible cover-up...MORE