2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 25 May 2006 15:41:29 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Uniontown (OH) dump
 
Uniontown dump raises concerns
Group finds evidence of radiation issues, fears ground water contamination

By Bob Downing
Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
May 24, 2006

UNIONTOWN - A grass-roots group, still troubled by the possibility of man-made radiation in a now-closed toxic waste dump, wants two federal agencies to get involved.

The Concerned Citizens of Lake Township is urging the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Defense Department to oversee the 30-acre Industrial Excess Landfill off Cleveland Avenue Northwest, said spokeswoman Chris Borello.

She said those agencies should assume control of the site from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency because of their expertise in radiation issues.

She also said that more needs to be done to control contaminated ground water in and around Uniontown.

Contamination is continuing to be flushed from the one-time sand and gravel pit into the ground water and there are still serious radiation issues, Borello told 60 people attending a public forum on Tuesday night.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/14653968.htm
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