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Emeryville, California, and the challenge of cleaning up poisoned land

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Re: Emeryville, California, and the challenge of cleaning up poisoned land

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post #5

Kind of impressed that slate managed to call an incorporated city in a different county a “suburb in sf”.

I was a SF resident for 15 years then moved to the East Coast. Some notes from East Coasters:

a) SF (the city) starts at the Golden Gate bridge and runs all the way to San Jose.

b) Redwood city, San Jose and Oakland - anything located 50 miles around SF - these are all suburbs of SF.

c) The entire state burns every summer.

Re: Emeryville, California, and the challenge of cleaning up poisoned land

#12
post #5

Kind of impressed that slate managed to call an incorporated city in a different county a “suburb in sf”.

Emeryville is a 10 minute drive from SF, or 1 mile away from a BART station that gets you to SF in 15 minutes. It is a suburb of SF or a suburb in the SF Bay Area.

Emeryville is not a suburb of anywhere. It has 30k jobs and only 12k people. If anything all the cities that surround it are suburbs of Emeryville.

Re: Emeryville, California, and the challenge of cleaning up poisoned land

#13
post #2

Same with a lot of neighborhoods in NYC, even trendy ones like Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Always research what your building is built on top of before you sign the lease.

I was shocked when I saw the asking rents for some "luxury" apartments built right next to the Gowanus canal.

Re: Emeryville, California, and the challenge of cleaning up poisoned land

#14
post #9

I wish I had more to point at rn but, hemp crops can help pull toxins from soil. Other crops too , can help with a "brown zone" but hemp (and it's cousin) get more press.

What do you do with the hemp once it has absorbed the toxins?

Re: Emeryville, California, and the challenge of cleaning up poisoned land

#15
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Emeryville is a 10 minute drive from SF, or 1 mile away from a BART station that gets you to SF in 15 minutes. It is a suburb of SF or a suburb in the SF Bay Area.

I would have called it a suburb of Oakland :) No mention of the haunted IKEA either

What makes the IKEA haunted? I’ve been there a few times, but haven’t heard anything

Re: Emeryville, California, and the challenge of cleaning up poisoned land

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and here I am, wondering if it's safe to eat stuff grown in my yard because there was a fire at a nuclear weapons production facility 30 miles from here, 50 years ago.

I suspect we live in the same area. I go mountain biking around there often, and I'm a little paranoid when the Santa Ana winds come through and stir up a lot of dust :\

Re: Emeryville, California, and the challenge of cleaning up poisoned land

#18
post #9

I wish I had more to point at rn but, hemp crops can help pull toxins from soil. Other crops too , can help with a "brown zone" but hemp (and it's cousin) get more press.

What do you do with the hemp once it has absorbed the toxins?

It depends. Some plants will break certain elements down into less toxic components. In the best case, the components are non-toxic and you can do whatever you want with it.

Re: Emeryville, California, and the challenge of cleaning up poisoned land

#19
post #5

Kind of impressed that slate managed to call an incorporated city in a different county a “suburb in sf”.

I was a SF resident for 15 years then moved to the East Coast. Some notes from East Coasters: a) SF (the city) starts at the Golden Gate bridge and runs all the way to San Jose. b) Redwood city, San Jose and Oakland - anything located 50 miles around SF - these are all suburbs of SF. c) The entire state burns every summer.

As a San Jose resident this all seems pretty accurate TBH.

Re: Emeryville, California, and the challenge of cleaning up poisoned land

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and here I am, wondering if it's safe to eat stuff grown in my yard because there was a fire at a nuclear weapons production facility 30 miles from here, 50 years ago.

You can probably just go around a bit with a geiger counter while kicking up some dust, right? Seems like it'd give you a good idea.

*not medical advice

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