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Previously covered: 2001, salon: https://www.salon.com/2001/07/30/almaden1/ https://www.salon.com/2001/07/30/almaden1/ 2013, the atlantic: https://www.theatla

by dbt00 9y ago

Previously covered: 2001, salon: https://www.salon.com/2001/07/30/almaden1/ https://www.salon.com/2001/07/30/almaden1/ 2013, the atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/not-even-silicon-valley-escapes-history/277824/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/not-e... 2015, gizmodo: https://gizmodo.com/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-and-the-toxic-remn-1743622225 https://gizmodo.com/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-and... 2017, kqed: https://www.kqed.org/futureofyou/388730 https://www.kqed.org/futureofyou/388730 I've lived here off and on since 1999, but that Atlantic article was the first one to really get my attention.

gabaix 9y ago
I also lived in College Terrace in Palo Alto, where one of the superfund is. At the time very few residents knew about the issue. I believe it is the same today. My neighbor Aaron Greenspan (also known for fighting his classmate Mark Zuckerberg on trademark issues) asked local authorities to do more to inform residents. It did not go anywhere. He eventually moved out, and so did I. Here's one of his blog posts from back in 2013: http://www.aarongreenspan.com/writing/20130404/in-search-of-the-cookie-dough-tree/ http://www.aarongreenspan.com/writing/20130404/in-search-of-...
- sjg007 9y ago
  I think Google is on top of a superfund site.
  - cdibona 9y ago
    The main HQ isn't actually on top of a superfund site, but an ex-dump. We derive a fair amount of methane from the decaying matter underneath shoreline...
    - DrScump 9y ago
      The Shoreline Amphitheater (yes, the idiots who ran Mtn. View back then couldn't tell an amphitheater from a theater) was built over the dump. The first few events revealed the danger when people sitting on the lawn portion actually set the lawn afire with their lighters, due to methane seeping through the soil.
therockspush 9y ago
That first link is a rabbit hole. https://www.salon.com/2001/07/30/almaden1/ https://www.salon.com/2001/07/30/almaden1/ Cool trails up there, lots of history, just sucks that its the reason we can't fish in anything downstream of that in the south bay.

by dbt00 9y ago

gabaix 9y ago

I also lived in College Terrace in Palo Alto, where one of the superfund is. At the time very few residents knew about the issue. I believe it is the same today. My neighbor Aaron Greenspan (also known for fighting his classmate Mark Zuckerberg on trademark issues) asked local authorities to do more to inform residents. It did not go anywhere. He eventually moved out, and so did I. Here's one of his blog posts from back in 2013: http://www.aarongreenspan.com/writing/20130404/in-search-of-the-cookie-dough-tree/ http://www.aarongreenspan.com/writing/20130404/in-search-of-...

sjg007 9y ago
I think Google is on top of a superfund site.
- cdibona 9y ago
  The main HQ isn't actually on top of a superfund site, but an ex-dump. We derive a fair amount of methane from the decaying matter underneath shoreline...
  - DrScump 9y ago
    The Shoreline Amphitheater (yes, the idiots who ran Mtn. View back then couldn't tell an amphitheater from a theater) was built over the dump. The first few events revealed the danger when people sitting on the lawn portion actually set the lawn afire with their lighters, due to methane seeping through the soil.

therockspush 9y ago

That first link is a rabbit hole. https://www.salon.com/2001/07/30/almaden1/ https://www.salon.com/2001/07/30/almaden1/ Cool trails up there, lots of history, just sucks that its the reason we can't fish in anything downstream of that in the south bay.