August 10, 2007 - In April, when her two St. Bernards died of bone cancer within six days of each other, Sandra Riess tried not to panic.
She already knew her property in West Chicago contained higher than usual levels of radiation from the old Kerr-McGee Co. plant that once sat less than 200 yards away. But when the area was cleaned in 1994, inspectors were prevented by the then-owner from testing the basement, where Riess' dogs frequently wandered after Riess moved in. Their deaths led her to push the EPA harder to inspect her property, she said.
On Thursday, inspectors from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency removed bricks, mortar and soil from a hole in her basement to pinpoint the source of radiation after samples taken two weeks ago showed levels nearly 50 times what the federal government considers acceptable.
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