Brisbane Baylands Meeting Aug 8, 2017
Channel: Save Marinwood
Date: 08/08/2017

Brisbane, CA (pop. 4100) considers project for former landfill site that is situated along the highway and a light rail line.  Developers want to build 4400 living units and retail.  The project will TRIPLE the cities population.  The location of residential housing on landfill that is filled with toxic waste is a dangerous practice. It has been banned for decades, yet recently, due to political and economic pressure from the housing industry, state regulators have allowed redevelopment against the advice of environmental scientists. Landfill is unique in that it contains many forms of hazardous materials and is much more difficult to remediate.  Pregnant woman, children and immune compromised individuals are at extreme risk for cancers, respiratory illness and birth defects.  Unfortunately, the housing activists are only concerned with building housing instead of building HEALTHY housing.  The commercial development alternative has fewer risks to human health since business use will mean less environmental exposure. Most landfills are reclaimed as sporting fields or golf courses to allow the safe "off gassing" of hazardous materials during the remediation phase