New Orleans Gert Town neighborhood residents sue City of New Orleans over Radium - 226 in neighborhood. In 2013, the City of New Orleans was made aware of the radioactive material still lingering after removal and remediation project two decades ago.
"Most of the information the neighborhood has been provided has come from a flyer [recently] posted on doors in the area notifying them of the [removal] work and a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sheet of “frequently asked questions” about Radium-226, which the suit alleges is what contaminated the site."
"[C]ity crews and contractors in hazmat suits completed remediation work last week..] Residents were not relocated nor provided with the same protections.
Jeff Adelson
The Advocate Newspaper
https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_72d32c46-8d6a-11e9-b884-4f877f98ddbd.html
"They’re digging up something now, we don’t know what it is that’s going on," Lassair said. “All they did was put a letter on the door letting us know when they were going to come to do the work, instead of letting it be our choice whether we wanted to be in the environment while they was cleaning up.”
Tidwell said the origin of the radiation producing material is unknown. But, he said it has been properly contained since being identified and is being removed out of an abundance of caution.
Kimberly Curth
Fox 8 News
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