San Diego County Cites Navy for Ship Fire
The results from seven days’ worth of testing showed above-average levels of certain chemical compounds. The county air pollution control agency issued three violations against the Navy.
MacKenzie Elmer
July 24, 2020
What pollutants billowed into the air as a Navy ship burned in San Diego harbor earlier this month are finally now public – and so are a number of violations against the military for emitting them.
The USS Bonhomme Richard, an almost 900-foot marine assault vessel, caught fire on July 12 and blanketed the region in smoke. Within days, the haze caught a westerly wind, casting fine particles through the air as far as El Cajon.
Residents of San Diego neighborhoods (especially those close to the shipyards) reported nausea and headaches.
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