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Hunters Point Naval Shipyard

Health Dialogues take a trip to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund site in San Francisco: the old naval shipyard at Hunters Point. A panel of experts also weighs in on the clean-up.Guest: Amy Brownell, environmental engineer for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.Guest: Dr. Rajiv Bhatia, MD, MPH, environmental health director for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.Guest: Dr. Veronica Hunnicutt, dean of the Southeast Campus of City College in San Francisco, and chair of the Mayor's Hunters Point Shipyard Citizens' Advisory Committee.Guest: Saul Bloom, executive director of ARC Ecology.


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Photos of Hunters Point

See photos of the abandoned naval shipyard. The site has been declared clean for use, and redevelopment has begun.
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