For decades, a massive Cold War-era plant created weapons next to the small northwest Ohio village of Luckey. Residents of the rural community have long wondered how the former toxic plant might still impact them today.
Now, thanks to an investigation by the Toledo Blade, the community has some answers.
The northwest Ohio newspaper collected 39 samples of well water in Luckey from homes, businesses and schools. They sent the samples to an accredited lab for testing. Nearly half of the water samples showed levels of radioactivity levels ten times the normal amount…