Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development
These aerial photos were taken after Barrington Recreation Park was opened by the City of Los Angeles in 1985 but before Barrington Dog Park was carved out of it in the fall of 2003. The large biomedical waste pile in the center of the arroyo is from the excavation of Brentwood School’s athletic fields which the VA reported were built between in 1999. Therefore the main pile originates anywhere from 1999 to 2003. EnviroReporter.com found radioactive glass and a ‘hot’ syringe in the proximity of the large crescent-shaped mound. Other dumping areas are discernible in these photographs as well, while the ‘mysterious mounds’ are hidden underneath brush. The photos also suggest that there may have been more dumping activity in the western arroyo, away from the three known areas of the dump, than was previously thought. Much of the central mound is covered by dirt today and did not appear to be extensively tested in the Phase One survey as of yet.
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Looking west at dump toward Barrington Recreational center
These three photos show dumping to the north of old area "C," with Brentwood School waste as well to the northern waste site.
View south over dump with two debris/waste locations visible.
View south over dump with two debris/waste locations visible.
The next three photos pan from south to north and show where the "mysterious mounds" are located under brush.
There is evidence of dumping on the hillside by these 18 mounds which were discovered after recent brush removal in fall 2006.
North-looking POV of dump from over what
would become the southern field of the dog
park.
South-looking POV of dump from over
Brentwood School tennis courts and south
soccer field. Old ash pit ran along road at left.
It is not clear at this time if this brush-covered
expanse between the park and school will be
tested. Dumping occurred on it farther south
(or top).
Looking east over Brentwood, Barrington Ave.
and the park. Dump is visible between park
and MacArthur Field at top.
Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development
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