contamination
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An industrial hygiene firm found “serious and extensive” contamination by multiple toxins, including cyanide, lithium, lead, arsenic and beryllium, according to a report reviewed by The Times.
From Los Angeles Times
Residents are struggling to arrange financing, find contractors and remove contamination.
Building on those findings, three recent studies led by Sylvester researchers point to a connection between breast cancer risk, environmental contamination near Superfund sites, and social disadvantage.
From Science Daily
The new reactors have a 4% enriched uranium capacity, compared with more than 90% in older reactors, which means that if there was a leak there would be far less contamination.
Typically, after work crews clear away fire debris and several inches of topsoil from burned-down homes, federal or state disaster officials arrange for the same contractors to test the soil for lingering contamination.
From Los Angeles Times
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