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Born too small … Born too soon
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. “We are only now beginning to understand the lifelong impact that being born too small and too early has on the individuals and their families.” – William Callaghan,...
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Treasure Island and Hunters Point Shipyard unfit for human habitation
by Carol Harvey Bring it back home Environmental expert and Bayview resident, Francisco Da Costa, asked, “The City and County of San Francisco has so many environmental organizations that give awards...
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Shipyard workers demand environmental justice
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. “Parcel A never underwent a full cleanup as required by the federal Superfund Act and was transferred with a litany of residual contaminants from lead and asbestos in...
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Is the Shipyard safe? Dr. Sumchai writes EPA opposing transfer of more...
This report by Vicky Nguyen, Liz Wagner and Felipe Escamilla of NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit aired May 12, 2015. Read the transcript here. by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. To: Lily Lee, Cleanup...
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Community welcomes agreement to reexamine radiation risk at Hunters Point...
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai MD “The arc of the moral universe bends towards (environmental) justice!” – Theodore Parker, Unitarian minister and abolitionist, 1810 When this photo was taken in 2007, these...
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Bay View turns 40!
Bay View turns 40! Part 1 Editorial by Bay View publisher Dr. Willie Ratcliff It’s 2016, 40 years since Muhammad al-Kareem founded the New Bayview, now renamed the San Francisco Bay View, in 1976....
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Bay View turns 40! Part 2
Editorial by Bay View publisher Dr. Willie Ratcliff Now, as the San Francisco Bay View newspaper’s 40th birthday year comes to a close, is the time to bring up to date the historical sketch of our...
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Showdown! Radiological data fraud at Hunters Point Shipyard 2018
Pack the Navy’s Open House on Radiological Cleanup on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at 451 Galvez Ave. Be there and be heard! by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. Greenaction has held repeated protests...
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Death and courage at the Hunters Point Shipyard
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai MD Thousands of workers head home after a hard day’s work at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in about 1943. While there has been much focus on the courage and achievements of...
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Environmental justice has a May Day in court: $27 billion class action filed...
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai MD “Scientists, environmentalists and the people of Hunters Point have been pushed back and discredited by government officials and developers – until now.” – Attorneys for...
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Declaring a public health crisis at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San...
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai MD The Civil Grand Jury on the Hunters Point Shipyard concludes: “The Jury found the SFDPH (San Francisco Department of Public Health) is not in compliance with its pledge to...
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‘Hunters Point is unfolding into the biggest case of eco-fraud in U.S....
Tetra Tech EM, Inc., is a Navy contractor whose workers submitted thousands of fraudulent samples collected from radiation contaminated soil and buildings at the Hunters Point Shipyard in San...
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Hunters Point Shipyard: A few caring people are changing the world
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, MD “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.” – Margaret Mead “We’ve been doing this for 25 years … We’re going to...
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View from the Shipyard
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, MD “View from The Shipyard,” original photo by George Donald Porter, circa 1965 Happy Holidays to you! I hope your Thanksgiving overflowed with an abundance of family and...
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Community exposure research in Bayview Hunters Point
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, MD Community activist, educator and scientist Raymond Tompkins analyzes soil samples with middle school students during the MESA summer school program for junior high students...
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Advancing environmental public health through implementation of a...
Hunters Point Shipyard, one of the nation’s most contaminated Superfund sites by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, MD Sen. Deborah Ortiz, D-Sacramento “Biomonitoring is the next logical, critical step for us to...
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In tribute to Marie Harrison: Until our very last breath
Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D., and Marie Harrison are absorbed in what they see on Greenaction’s “toxic tour” of Treasure Island on Oct. 17, 2018, to compare the Navy’s radioactive and toxic...
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The myth of low level radiation: It is not harmless
Radium 226 – Image: AlgnOr by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, MD “There appears to be no threshold below which exposure can be viewed as harmless. ” – Professor Emeritus Herbert L. Abrams, “Biological Effects...
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HP Biomonitoring awarded Packard Foundation grant
Genora Givens, research analyst with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, is sponsoring the Hunters Point Community Biomonitoring Program. She is a fellow at the UC Berkeley Haas School of...
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UCSF-UCB scientists’ shipyard review violates state open government and...
Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai welcomes community members and medical students and professionals to the Open House at the Hunters Point Community Biomonitoring Program’s new offices at 5021 Third St., San...
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