Radioactivity Pollution Widespread; Many Sites in EPA Study Not Likely to Be Dangerous, Officials Say

From: The Washington Post | Date: April 8, 1992| Author: Thomas W. Lippman; Michael Weisskopf | Copyright information

More than 45,000 locations nationwide, including factories and hospitals, are potentially contaminated by radioactivity, according to the first government effort to chart the full national extent of the hazard.

The eight-month study, commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency, did not attempt to quantify the health risks at any specific location, or the degree to which radiation may have reached groundwater and croplands. The authors concluded only that emissions from the ma...

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