DoomsdaysCW<p>Dayton Daily News investigation found <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contamination</span></a>, sick workers at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PiketonOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PiketonOhio</span></a> plant</p><p>By Lynn Hulsey<br>May 15, 2019</p><p>"A polluted former <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumEnrichment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumEnrichment</span></a> plant in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Piketon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Piketon</span></a> closed years ago but it's impact continues to resonate through the community, including this week when a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiddleSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleSchool</span></a> was closed after traces of radioactive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neptunium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neptunium</span></a> were found at an air monitoring station at the school.</p><p>"Contamination with radiation and multiple toxic substances at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant led to an ongoing, multibillion dollar environmental cleanup and sickened plant workers who had to fight for compensation as they battled debilitating terminal illnesses related to their years at the plant.</p><p>"A massive 2006 investigation by the Dayton Daily News found five plumes of poisoned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a>, contamination with radiation, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/beryllium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beryllium</span></a>, polychlorinated biphenyls (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PCBs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCBs</span></a>) and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asbestos</span></a>.</p><p>"The investigation found lax safety practices, routine mishandling of toxic and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> material and at least 400 accidental releases of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumGas</span></a> or toxic fluorine. Toxins were dumped into unlined <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/landfills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landfills</span></a> and ditches and leached into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a> and the Little <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BeaverCreek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaverCreek</span></a>, a tributary of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SciotoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciotoRiver</span></a>.</p><p>"The plant was operated by the federal government and contractors from 1954 to 2001 and enriched uranium to high levels for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearSubmarines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearSubmarines</span></a> and to lower levels for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclearpowerplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearpowerplants</span></a>. </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/state--regional/2006-investigation-found-contamination-sick-workers-piketon-plant/AZkEGlITaQEu97Sb91duGN/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">daytondailynews.com/news/state</span><span class="invisible">--regional/2006-investigation-found-contamination-sick-workers-piketon-plant/AZkEGlITaQEu97Sb91duGN/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumEnrichment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumEnrichment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumHexafluoride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumHexafluoride</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RECA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RECA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortsmouthGaseousDiffusionPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortsmouthGaseousDiffusionPlant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvestigativeJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvestigativeJournalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadiationExposureCompensationAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadiationExposureCompensationAct</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumEnrichment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumEnrichment</span></a></p>