Legacy of Luckey: Testing by The Blade finds high levels of radioactivity in groundwater of Cold War town

Over the past year, The Blade tested well water in and around Luckey, Ohio, to see if the former Cold War weapons site on the edge of the village was affecting drinking supplies.

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center

The testing was funded by the Pulitzer Center, a nonprofit organization that funds investigative reporting projects. The Blade paid Eurofins Environment Testing, an accredited lab in St. Louis that has conducted work for the U.S. Energy Department and the Defense Department, to analyze the samples for a variety of metals and radioactive contaminants.

MAP: RESULTS OF THE BLADE TESTING

Here are the reports by The Blade:…

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