Can residential areas be contaminated by radiation from soil removal at the Miami-Erie Canal?
It is possible, but not likely. Soil will be contained during removal operations. • A resident is concerned about the park beside the plant, specifically about the sandbox and the swimming pool. Kids play in the dirt. Also, if it is radioactive, how are they going to get businesses to move in? The city removed the kiddy park from Community Park in 1994. The Community Park and the swimming pool are safe. The presence of radioactivity does not mean the area is unsafe; radionuclides are a natural part of our environment and are present everywhere. The amount of radioactivity in the Community Park is not enough to cause people health problems. • Am I being exposed to radiation from Mound’s 1969 plutonium-238 spill in the Miami-Erie Canal bed? If so, will this exposure affect my health adversely? No one is “being exposed” to radiation from Mound’s 1969 plutonium-238 spill in the Miami-Erie Canal bed unless he or she is in the canal. Even if someone is in the canal, the exposure is not great
