May 26, 2009- The first sign was a rip in the wall of the second floor. Then, the wood awning above the back patio began breaking off. And just last month a crack appeared in the cement floor of the basement. Drawing a straight line from top to bottom would connect all three defects.
Riess hasn't lived in the house for nearly 20 months because high levels of radioactivity were discovered in the basement shortly after she bought it in 2004. The contamination came to light after three of her dogs died of bone cancer.
Like many other houses in West Chicago, Riess' house had been contaminated with radioactive thorium from an old gas light factory nearby. However, unlike most of the other houses in the city, the contamination hadn't been cleaned.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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