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AstraZeneca
The Richmond Shoreline Alliance calls for a single-family residential-grade cleanup of the 86-acre Campus Bay/Zeneca Superfund-qualified toxic waste site
The site housed Stauffer, Inc., a chemical manufacturing facility purchased by Zeneca, Inc., a subsidiary of the multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company AstraZeneca.
For over a century, hazardous waste from Stauffer’s manufacturing processes was dumped or buried onsite. Nonetheless, in 2020, despite the site’s high levels of extremely dangerous chemicals, the Richmond City Council approved a development plan for the site that would include up to 4,000 units of housing. The California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s (DTSC) cleanup plan relies on outdated sea-level rise data from 2011 and health risk assessment information from 2008. In spite of decades of recorded health issues from nearby residents, the plan to create housing for thousands of people is still going forward.

"Voices Unmuted"
Documentary on the AstraZeneca site, also known as the Campus Bay site, in Richmond, CA.
Located on the Richmond southeast shoreline, this is a US-EPA Superfund qualified site where toxic waste has been dumped without proper management. For close to twenty years scientists, engineers, lawyers, environmentalists and community activists have been talking about the Zeneca, aka Zeneca, aka the Campus Bay site. Up until the end of 2020 that was the plan the City, local businesses, and community members had agreed to. However, in Nov-Dec 2020 the former Mayor of Richmond and the narrow majority of the City Council in place at that time chose to approve a development plan that fundamentally contradicts that agreement.
Here is what the Richmond community wants to say about this site.