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Watchdog Groups File Suite Claiming Improper Disposal Of Field Lab Waste

August 16, 2013 · Mark Reback

Allegations take aim at DTSC Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit, believes radioactive waste at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Simi Valley is being improperly disposed of and has filed a lawsuit against the state’s toxic substances and health departments.

KCAL TV-9 CBS, Los Angeles – Consumer Watchdog argues for proper autism treatment before the CA Court of Appeals

August 15, 2013 · Consumer Watchdog

A case before the California Court Of Appeals could affect the healthcare treatment of over 13,000 children with autism.

KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Consumer Watchdog fights to guarantee children with autism get the treatment they need

August 15, 2013 · Consumer Watchdog

Consumer Watchdog fights to guarantee children with autism get the treatment they need

Differing Interpretations Of Health Law At Heart of Autism Lawsuit

August 15, 2013 · Mark Reback

LOS ANGELES – Two state agencies that regulate slightly different kinds of health insurance plans are taking dramatically different views on the same state law...

Court Takes Up Whether Firefighters’ Kids Get Autism Coverage

August 14, 2013 · Jamie Court

<img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2672" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/images_firemen_fellow_firefighter.gif" style="width: 200px; height: 212px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;" width="227" height="241" />A panel of the California Court of Appeal today took up the long standing dispute about insurance companies’ obligations to cover a critical treatment for autistic children. At stake is whether the autistic children of many firefighters, cops and state employees will get the appropriate care when they need it.

Consumer Group Wants Insurers Forced To Cover Autism Care

August 14, 2013 · Mark Reback

Law360, Los Angeles (August 14, 2013, 3:58 PM ET) — Nonprofit consumer group Consumer Watchdog urged a California appellate court Wednesday to revive a lawsuit...

State Stumbles Over Illegal SSFL Radioactive Waste Disposal Allegations

August 9, 2013 · Daniel Palay

Public Interest Groups Move Forward with Lawsuit A hastily-arranged press conference call Tuesday revealed Cal-EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control’s strategy in dealing with revelations of illegally dumping and recycling radioactive material from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL): feign outrage and boldly claim, without proof, that DTSC hadn’t done anything wrong.

KCAL TV-9 – CBS, Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog Files Suit To Halt Demolition, Debris Removal At Santa Susana Field Lab

August 8, 2013 · Consumer Watchdog

SIMI VALLEY (CBSLA.com) — Once a cutting edge research and development center, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the hills above Simi Valley long ago became a contaminated, radioactive source of great concern.

DTSC Defends Santa Susana Lab Cleanup Oversight; Activists File Lawsuit

August 8, 2013 · Mark Reback

Toxics department officials this week defended their oversight of cleanup activities by the Boeing Co. at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and disputed allegations by environmentalists in a new lawsuit that the agency is allowing illegal disposal of radioactive waste.

Groups Sue To Block Demolition At Ex-Nuclear Site

August 6, 2013 · Mark Reback

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.

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

Environmental Groups Say Radioactive Waste Is Going To Landfills

August 5, 2013 · Mark Reback

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. 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.