WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO-AM) — Over 100 Environmental and anti-nuclear power groups in the Great Lakes states and Canada are asking for testing to see just how much radiation is loose in the region.
The coalition says there are at least 30 sites around the Great Lakes Basin that may be leaking dangerous radiation into the air and water. Currently, no state or federal agency is testing for the cumulative spread of radionuclides, which can remain radioactive for centuries.
Kevin Kamps with Beyond Nuclear said there are nuclear plants and their discarded fuel rod storage facilities, old uranium mines with their unmonitored tailings and hospitals and research centers that use nuclear material.
He said there is no safe level for radiation in the environment, and that the radiation enters human bodies because it’s in the air, in lake effect snow, in the fish we eat from the lakes and the rain.
They are asking the U.S. and Canadian governments to include radionuclides as a “chemical of mutual concern” in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
