toxic waste

Cleanup prposals for contaminated Santa Susana Field Lab soil will be discussed at a Tuesday night meeting in Smi Valley.

What's next for soil cleanup at a former rocket lab and nuclear testing facility in Ventura County?

Lance Orozco

A public meeting set for Tuesday will discuss the latest soil cleanup proposals.

Researchers say mapping needs to be done to get a better handle on how many barrels of toxic chemical may be on the ocean floor off the Southern California coastline. The number could be in the tens of thousands, and potentially higher after decades of dumping in the early to mid-1900's.

New documentary looks at UC Santa Barbara research into toxic waste dumping off the California coast

Lance Orozco

Out of Plain Sight makes West Coast premiere at Santa Barbara International Film Festival. It looks at massive toxic waste dumping in the ocean off Catalina Island.

One of the decaying barrels found on the ocean floor between Catalina, and the Southern California mainland.

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DDT was dumped off California's coast for years. New UCSB study shows there's also radioactive waste

Lance Orozco

Researchers now think that DDT was dumped straight into the ocean, and barrels on ocean floor thought to contain DDT instead have radioactive waste.

A drum filled with toxic waste on the ocean floor between Long Beach and Catalina. It's believed there could be hundreds of thousands of similar barrels in the region, some dating back to the 1940's.

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South Coast Researcher Discovers Huge Undersea Toxic Waste Site Off Southern California Coastline

Lance Orozco

There could be thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of barrels of toxic waste dumped in along the Southern California coast.

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Toxic Waste Dump On Central Coast Moves Up Priority List For Cleanup

Lance Orozco

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has moved a more than four decade old toxic waste site on the Central Coast up the priority list for cleanup.…

Man Strikes Plea Deal In Connection With 2014 Explosion, Fire At Ventura County Toxic Waste Facility

Lance Orozco

A supervisor for a company which handles hazardous wastewater in Ventura County entered a guilty plea over charges stemming from an explosion at the…