In The Courtroom

Groups Sue To Block Demolition At Ex-Nuclear Site

August 6, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

<p>SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Several environmental groups on Tuesday sued state regulators over the cleanup of a former nuclear research lab, saying low-level radioactive waste was improperly shipped to landfills.</p>

Consumer Watchdog Filing Suit to Block Top Toxics Regulators From Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Including Plutonium, From Nuclear Site

August 6, 2013  ·  Liza Tucker

After regulators failed to meet a 24 hour deadline set by public interest groups to stop Boeing from demolishing and disposing of radioactive waste at facilities not licensed to accept radioactive waste and at recycling plants

Consumer Watchdog Demands Top Toxics Regulator Immediately Stop Boeing’s Illegal Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Including Plutonium, from Nuclear Site or Face Legal Action

August 5, 2013  ·  Liza Tucker

SANTA MONICA, CA –State regulators at the troubled Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the Department of Public Health (DPH) are quietly allowing Boeing...

Consumer Group Says Boeing Illegally Disposed of Radioactive Waste

August 5, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

<p>The nonprofit Consumer Watchdog group Monday accused the state of allowing Boeing to demolish radiation-contaminated structures at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and dispose of the debris at sites not licensed to receive radioactive waste.<br /> <br /> The group said it uncovered the practice at the field lab in the hills outside Simi Valley, the site of a partial nuclear meltdown in 1959.<br /> <br />

Boeing, State Facing New Complaints on Santa Susana Toxic Cleanup

August 5, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

<p class="TXBody"><span id="RDS_Site">Two state regulator agencies were accused Monday of placing the public's health at risk by allowing the Boeing Co. to demolish an old plutonium fabrication building on the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site and then planning to dispose the debris at an unlicensed dump in Kern County.</span></p>

Environmental Groups Say Radioactive Waste Is Going To Landfills

August 5, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

<p>A coalition of environmental groups accused state regulators Monday of allowing low-level radioactive waste from the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory to be illegally disposed of in landfills not licensed to receive such material.</p> <p>Consumer Watchdog,  the Center for Race Poverty and the Environment, and others said debris from six structures from the former nuclear research facility already had been delivered to municipal landfills and metal and concrete recyclers.</p>

Watchdog Groups Allege Boeing Sent Radioactive Waste To City Landfills, Recycling Facilities

August 5, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Watchdog groups have accused Boeing Corporation of sending radioactive waste from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Ventura County to landfills that aren’t certified to handle it – and they allege that the state’s Department of Toxic Substances Control has condoned the practice.</p> <p>The groups said the waste is going to city landfills in Lancaster and Azuza, and recycling plants in Simi Valley, Sun Valley, and Ventura, creating an imminent health threat for people in the surrounding neighborhoods.</p>

Blue Cross To Allow HIV/AIDS Patients to Opt-Out of Mandatory Mail-Order Rx Drug Program

May 23, 2013  ·  Jerry Flanagan

Santa Monica, CA – Anthem Blue Cross patients with HIV/AIDS may “opt-out” of a program that would have required them to obtain their medications by...

Santa Susana Field Lab Cleanup Will Be Costly

March 3, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

<p>An internal audit has concluded that NASA committed to an excessive and unnecessary cleanup of its portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and a less expensive and invasive plan should be considered.<br /> <br /> The audit, released recently by NASA's Office of Inspector General, estimated that cleaning up the agency's portion of the property would cost $200 million.<br /> <br />

First Court Hearing On National Class Actions Against Hyundai/Kia

February 20, 2013  ·  Laura Antonini

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2599" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hyundai-emblem.jpg" style="width: 275px; height: 169px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;" width="646" height="396" />Last Thursday, February 14, Federal District Court Judge George H. Wu held an initial hearing on class action lawsuits filed against Hyundai and Kia across the country for falsifying gas mileage estimates.

Hyundai and Kia False Mileage Cases Go To Court In LA Thursday

February 13, 2013  ·  Laura Antonini

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2597" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hyundailogo.png" style="width: 253px; height: 170px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;" width="273" height="184" /><span style="font-size:14px;">Federal District Court Judge George H. Wu will hold his first hearing Thursday in the litigation over the MPG fraud by Hyundai and Kia.

Hyundai MPG Scandal Lawsuits Move Forward

January 31, 2013  ·  Laura Antonini

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2743" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/images_hyundailogo.png" style="width: 273px; height: 184px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;" width="273" height="184" />Orlando, FL -- Consumer lawsuits related to Hyundai’s misrepresentation of vehicle mileage moved a step closer to court today when a special panel of federal court judges meeting in Orlando, Florida held a hearing on a request by Consumer Watchdog lawyers to centralize all such lawsuits in a Southern California federal court.<br /> <br />