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“Exposed: The Human Radiation Experiments at Hunters Point” documents years of unnecessary exposure of more than 1,000 veterans and civilians at a San Francisco Navy science laboratory
Contact: Michael Stoll, senior editor and co-founder, San Francisco Public Press, (415) 846-3983 or [email protected]. SAN FRANCISCO (Nov. 25, 2024) — The San Francisco Public Press is publishing “Exposed: The Human Radiation Experiments at Hunters Point,” a six-part investigative series examining a dark chapter in American military history: Between the 1940s and 1960s, at least 1,073 service members, civilian workers and lab staff were exposed to potentially harmful levels of radiation at the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, headquartered at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco. The investigation draws on rarely seen government documents and survivor accounts to reveal a little-known aspect of the Cold War: scientists conducting ethically dubious and hazardous experiments that left a legacy of health, environmental and social harms persisting for decades. The San Francisco Public Press team unearthed and analyzed thousands of pages of records, uncovering safety lapses, long-term health risks and the Navy’s reluctance to address these practices publicly or fully recognize their impact.
