One big man … one hot truck!

John Miranda is a superstar. Having worked at the UCSF compound immediately adjacent to the Parcel E-2 landfill for 26 years, driving the same truck to work every day, he and his truck carry a heavy burden of contaminants. His plight is described in the SF Public Press story, “Toxic Metals Found in Shipyard Neighbors,” and he’s the lead plaintiff in a major lawsuit seeking justice for poisoned workers and residents. To top it off, this month he’ll star in a PBS NOVA Science documentary by Firelight Productions. – Photo: Sharon Wickham. SF Public Press ALERT: Scroll down to watch a mini-documentary “The Superfund in San Francisco” or go to https://youtu.be/ZVzUmyj3RVI?si=kJPnjZi_MPjZbvGf. by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai MD John Joseph Miranda is a humble man – loyal to his family, friends and to his job. Miranda is a UCSF senior animal technician who, for 26 years, worked at Building 830 at 75 Crisp Rd, located on the southwestern border of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.& The Crisp Road campus 800 series buildings housed the main laboratories, administrative offices, storage areas and animal kennels used by scientists of the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratories from 1946 through 1969, when NRDL was officially disestablished. By...