TOWN OF NIAGARA, N.Y. (WIVB) — For the first time in months, Lexi Hawk turned off her cellphone and went to the Erie County Fair with her 3-year-old daughter.
After all, she’s under a lot of stress and needed a break.
Hawk, who leads the grassroots campaign Save Our Backyards WNY, learned from government officials in July that her property near Gill Creek in the Town of Niagara has radioactive hotspots. This month, testing inside her home revealed elevated levels of radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can cause lung cancer…