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Investigations
| The following major investigations are ongoing. A variety of other important environmental articles by Michael Collins are available here. |
VA Nuclear Dump
From 1952 to 1968, the West LA Veterans Administration and neighboring UCLA
used the northern reaches of the VA property in Brentwood as a chemical and
nuclear dump. After 5 years of investigation, Collins reveals the shocking program of
human and animal radiation experimentation that helped create the dump and the
decades-long efforts of government officials to cover it up -- efforts that have only
increased since the contaminated site has been eyed for new development.
Click here for the VA nuclear dump investigative series.
From 1952 to 1968, the West LA Veterans Administration and neighboring UCLA
used the northern reaches of the VA property in Brentwood as a chemical and
nuclear dump. After 5 years of investigation, Collins reveals the shocking program of
human and animal radiation experimentation that helped create the dump and the
decades-long efforts of government officials to cover it up -- efforts that have only
increased since the contaminated site has been eyed for new development.
Click here for the VA nuclear dump investigative series.
Rocketdyne
Collins began investigating pollution problems at Boeing's Santa Susana Field
Laboratory in 1998 in a cover story for Los Angeles magazine called "Hot Zone."
This highly contaminated aerospace and nuclear research facility is the site of a
partial nuclear meltdown in 1959 that released more radiation than the Three Mile
Island disaster.
Click here for the Rocketdyne investigative series.
Collins began investigating pollution problems at Boeing's Santa Susana Field
Laboratory in 1998 in a cover story for Los Angeles magazine called "Hot Zone."
This highly contaminated aerospace and nuclear research facility is the site of a
partial nuclear meltdown in 1959 that released more radiation than the Three Mile
Island disaster.
Click here for the Rocketdyne investigative series.
Ahmanson Ranch
The battle over this pristine piece of property in eastern Ventura County began over
a decade before Collins came on the scene. His revelations that radiological and
chemical pollutants may have migrated from neighboring Rocketdyne onto the ranch
helped lead to the creation of a 2,900-acre expanse of public park land in 2003.
Click here for the Ahmanson investigative series.
The battle over this pristine piece of property in eastern Ventura County began over
a decade before Collins came on the scene. His revelations that radiological and
chemical pollutants may have migrated from neighboring Rocketdyne onto the ranch
helped lead to the creation of a 2,900-acre expanse of public park land in 2003.
Click here for the Ahmanson investigative series.
Runkle Canyon
Like Ahmanson Ranch, Runkle Canyon abuts Boeing's Santa Susana Field
Laboratory, commonly known as Rocketdyne. And also like the ranch, this property
slated for residential development, seems to be polluted by Rocketdyne's
contaminants. Collins broke this story in 2005.
Click here for the Runkle investigative series.
Like Ahmanson Ranch, Runkle Canyon abuts Boeing's Santa Susana Field
Laboratory, commonly known as Rocketdyne. And also like the ranch, this property
slated for residential development, seems to be polluted by Rocketdyne's
contaminants. Collins broke this story in 2005.
Click here for the Runkle investigative series.
