Comments by "VisibilityFoggy" (@VisibilityFoggy) on "The Cold War and the Santa Susana Field Laboratory" video.

Being involved in development from the legal side, I don't believe this should be put on the ultimate property owner. Whatever company came in and developed this piece of land probably did do environmental and engineering studies about the subject property. Given the fact that this was so many decades ago, it probably legitimately passed whatever protocols were in place at the time. Hazardous materials were simply not considered as dangerous or even worth regulating in the not-too-distant past. If one were to look back at records, my guess is that they hired the engineers and planners, presented their case to a planning board, received the proper state and local approvals, and built the homes. If the government knew there was something hazardous, it was their responsibility to A) Not sell the site to a private owner in the first place or at least B) Place a restriction on the deed against residential development.
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