Sandy Agee moved herself and her children out of an asbestos-filled home in Bayview Hunters Point onto Treasure Island, but discovered she had l jumped from the frying pan into the fire.
Sandy and two of her children are exhibiting worrisome physical symptoms they developed only after moving to the island, which include thyroid problems and stomach pains.
Through her research into records since the Navy commandeered the island in 1941, Kathryn Lundgren, friend and neighbor, found incontrovertible proof that, after the Navy erected these buildings in the 1960s-1970s, it violated its own asbestos abatement laws.
A 1997 Navy document that Kathryn found, states that units cannot be available for occupancy, or even entered, until the area has been cleaned and all asbestos removed. Kathryn is adamant that the Navy acted criminally when it allowed 2,000 plus residents and maintenance staff to enter, work and live in these asbestos-filled buildings.
Sandy is saying that the whole island now needs to be relocated.
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