Santa Susana Field Laboratory | Look At This!

In this episode of Look At This!, Desmond Shaw flies to the Santa Susana Field Lab. The old laboratory was supposed to be cleaned up years ago, but it's still nestled between the San Fernando and Simi Valleys.

[@m_y_v_]

Keep covering this type of news! We cannot continue to let this tragedy swept under the rug. Too many lives have been shattered & even lost because of greedy businesses & shady politicians. You don’t know how many people who live by the site have never heard of it! I have 2 aunts who live in Simi Valley. Both had rare cancers, only 1 survived ❤

[@dlo7573]

Where did the money for the cleanup go?

[@MR-nl8xr]

NRC didn't want to let Galen Winsor come look at the place.

[@m_y_v_]

We still contribute tax dollars for the clean up for this & other sights like it. According to the EPA, they could use the funds “better” 😂. Watch in the dark of the Valley - you’ll witness horrific quotes from the people in charge of our tax $$

[@sacredcrystal]

Never heard of this until now😮

[@MR-nl8xr]

The China Syndrome, watch it.

[@m_y_v_]

Watch In the dark of the Valley. Awful! You’re also not the only one who has never heard of it, many neighbors of the SSFL never knew until there child was diagnosed with cancer. Incredibly sad

[@aq5426]

My mom lived the bulk of her life in Canoga Park, and recently died of a rare cancer. My grandparents also lived in Canoga Park around that time, and both developed cancer (or lymphoma, in my grand-pop's case) very shortly after the meltdown in '59. I always wonder how much of that came from the Santa Susana accident.

[@JaneTheDoe-id2vx]

i live in sylmar (isn’t canoga park in sylmar???) and this is the first time i heard of this accident. i hope this doesn’t affect me

[@canogasnow]

Its actually in the Simi Hills and not the Santa Susana Mountains.

[@mikamcdonald9974]

One of the most beautiful landscapes in Southern California and it’s completely destroyed! My family and I were considering buying some land to put a home on in the area because it’s so amazingly beautiful with all of the stunning rock formations. The massively varied terrain is full of shade and micro-climate niches perfect for growing citrus and fruiting trees as well as being a very beautiful place to develop Xeriscape landscaping that would look simply MAGICAL if it weren’t in fact…. OUTRAGEOUSLY TOXIC! I weep at the tragic truth of this forsaken land.

[@arkcaL]

lmao its not toxic everything is normal its extremely exaggerated

[@FixItStupid]

@@arkcaL No Its DEATH In Time Fool Lies Come DUE In The Cancer Lotto Nuclear Leak & Vent Cancer

[@foremasp]

His description is somewhat disingenuous but it does provide a bit of background.

[@trinagarcia2088]

5800 box canyon

[@bemseller5515]

There was filmed a little house on a praire

[@LongHairPat]

Our family lived in Santa Susanna in the 50’s and early 60’s. My dad worked at Rocketdyne there in the valley. He died of cancer in 1972.

[@justlooking8683]

I drank the water going down that hill, looking for pollywogs back then. CP side.

[@ChaseVaughn-sp8fk]

Dt in the bay nuclear waste in the hills what a mess

[@kevdogftw]

Houses are still selling like hot cakes right down the street.

[@JaneTheDoe-id2vx]

i’ve seen some houses for sale near the area and wonder if the buyers know about this

[@Odin33356]

The leaders and heroes or respected members of hell are not even capable of explaining when, what, where, why and how the theory California would fall into the ocean originated

[@najman2741]

I imagine no executives or “suits” had to pay for the cancer and fallout

[@DennisMartinezCalifornia]

Nuclear power meltdown happened there back in 59. There was no dome on the exterior of the reactor too. So arguably worse than Chernobyl

[@fenderstratADHD]

The lead singer of Motley Crue’s child died from cancer caused by this

[@najman2741]

I imagine no executives or “suits” had to pay for the cancer and fallout