Were Conrail bridge workers contaminated by plutonium-238 in the Miami-Erie Canal bed?
Yes. Plutonium-238 was found on the clothing of some workers. However, ATSDR scientists do not think the workers were exposed to enough plutonium-238 for a long enough duration to be a health hazard. • A resident wants to know the pathways by which she might be exposed to radionuclides from the Mound Plant. Radionuclides from the Mound Plant are in the air, surface water, groundwater, soil and grass, and vegetation in general. The pathways are all the ways a person can come in contact with the radionuclides, such as breathing the air, drinking the water, eating locally grown produce, eating local fish and game, and touching the water or soil. In our evaluation of the environment around the Mound Plant (see Appendix F) the radiation dose to a person who eats locally grown vegetables containing naturally occurring radioactive potassium is likely going to be greater than the dose from exposures to radionuclides from the Mound facility. We do not think any of the radionuclides from the Mou
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