Potentially cancerous radiation has been detected at a popular Bay Area landfill turned outdoor sculpture, according to a state investigation. As

Gamma Radiation Detected at Popular Bay Area Sculpture Park

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2024-12-03 06:00:04

Potentially cancerous radiation has been detected at a popular Bay Area landfill turned outdoor sculpture, according to a state investigation.

As first reported by the Los Angeles Times on Monday, the city of Albany ordered experts from technicians with Cabrera Services Inc. to survey for radioactive waste at the Albany Bulb, a former municipal landfill for construction waste now home to popular hiking trails and grounds scattered with sculptures. The investigation was spurred by the discovery of a 1980 archival document that indicated that a chemical plant dumped 11,000 of tons of waste in the site between 1960 and 1971. According to the report, the waste may have included toxic pesticides and potentially radioactive sludge produced by aluminum processing. Related Articles Artist Violette Bule and Art Historian Michel Otayek Talk About Their Recent Exhibition and the Political Crisis in Venezuela Newsmakers: Visual AIDS Executive Director Kyle Croft Reflects on 35 Years of 'Day Without Art'

The report continues that Cabrera Services found high levels of gamma radiation in 10 areas on the city-owned section of the peninsula. Gamma radiation can easily penetrate the human body and harm tissue or organs, or even cause cancerous mutations to DNA. Albany has been recommended to conduct soil sampling in three areas where radioactive material is believed to be buried.