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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Thu May 8, 2014, 07:27 PM May 2014

Thorium-Tainted Queens Site Deemed Superfund By EPA

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — An industrial area in Ridgewood, Queens that was home to radioactive material has been designated a Superfund site.

As WCBS 880’s Peter Haskell reported Thursday, the site was once home to a company that processed radioactive thorium. Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator Judith Enck announced Thursday that the site had received the Superfund designation, although the radioactivity is no immediate threat to residents or workers in the area.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/08/thorium-tainted-queens-site-deemed-superfund-by-epa/

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