[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, BERYLLIUM, RADIATION: "Luckey (OH) Beryllium clean-up to cost taxpayers $244 million"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Luckey Beryllium clean-up to cost taxpayers $244 million

By Ben Cathey 
ABC TV-13 News (Toledo, OH)
July 18, 2018

It may look like an old barn, but tearing down a factory from the 1940s is costing you - the taxpayer, nearly two hundred and fifty million dollars. 

While the cleanup crew wears special safety masks, neighbors have been living nearby for decades with lots of questions. 

The work to clean up the Brush Wellman beryllium plant started last year and will continue for another decade. We can't go past fencing because there is just too much radiation. But the workers wear specialized respirators and full-body suits.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.13abc.com/content/news/Luckey-Beryllium-clean-up-to-cost-taxpayers-244-million-488547111.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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