[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, FORMER SITES: "Radioactive hot spots pepper Niagara County" (NY)

[Lenny Siegel]

Radioactive hot spots pepper Niagara County

By Dan Telvock
Investigative Post
July 5, 2016

The first hint of radioactive waste near John Grace’s home in Lewiston came from his son who carried a radiation meter for his government job. The meter would beep every time his son drove over the gravel driveway.

“He said ‘something’s not right here,’ ” said Grace, who lives at 738 Upper Mountain Road.

Turns out, he was right.

Gravel in the driveway was first tested some 40 years ago by the federal Department of Energy and found to have radiation levels some 70 times greater than what’s found in the local natural environment. The driveway was still hot when tested again three years ago by the Environmental Protection Agency.

“I just said ‘you’ve got to be kidding me,’” Grace said. “They said it was all around Niagara County.”

Indeed, this radioactive material is prevalent throughout the region.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.investigativepost.org/2016/07/05/radioactive-hot-spots-pepper-niagara-county/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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