Federal and state officials in California are allegedly ignoring the radioactive waste dumped into the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast, even after new reports reveal it is even worse than expected.
According to the Los Angeles Times, researchers discovered that the thousands of barrels of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane disposed of into the ocean were not contained in barrels.
A map from the International Atomic Energy Agency shows that the United States dumped "More than 56,000 barrels of radioactive waste" into the Pacific Ocean in 25 years until 1970.
Newsom has been busy spending billions on clean energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, even though carbon dioxide is proven not to be a carcinogen, unlike DDT or even wildfire ash.
The radioactive waste crisis harms marine life and could also pose a threat to people living nearby, so it demands urgent attention and the allocation of resources.
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