Episode One: The Abandoned Naval Base

For generations, residents have highlighted health concerns in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. Heavy industrial operations are clustered in this part of the city, which is also the location of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. In this episode we hear from advocates who have tracked air monitor readings, sought to decode remediation documents, and initiated a biomonitoring survey to uncover what harmful elements may be present in people's bodies. 

This audio series was created and reported by Rebecca Bowe. It was originally commissioned and produced by the nonprofit news
organization San Francisco Public Press as part of an upcoming audio and text series called “Exposed,” with editing by Michael Stoll; archival, audio and photographic research by Chris Roberts and Stacey Carter; engineering and sound design by Mel Baker; fact-checking by Ambika Kandasamy and support from the Fund for Environmental Journalism and the California Endowment. “Sandblasted at the Shipyard” had additional audio engineering and sound design by Jacob Nasim, with support from the Breathe Network for Racial, Environmental and Climate Justice.