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Companies sue alleging contamination from fracking waste fluids in southeast Ohio
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Three companies that drill for oil and gas claim in nearly identical lawsuits that toxic waste fluids from fracking are spreading underground in southeast Ohio and… Read More
Pike County residents protest auction of a middle school shut down for radioactive contamination
PIKETON, Ohio (WOUB News) — The Zahn’s Corner Middle School was shut down in 2019 after a study found radioactive contamination in the building. The school hasn’t been active since… Read More
Pike County residents pushing for radiation exposure compensation
MCDERMOTT, Ohio (WOUB) – Vina Colley has an air filter outside her home about 17 miles south of the old Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Once a month, she mails it… Read More
A man claims in a federal lawsuit that contamination from a Pike County uranium plant caused his cancer
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A Pike County man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming radioactive contamination from a former uranium enrichment plant caused his leukemia. According to the lawsuit, Joshua… Read More
Sanitation Company Agrees To Halt Operations That Polluted Vinton County Creek
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Faced with legal action by the state, a Vinton County company has agreed to clean up a creek it polluted and take steps to prevent future… Read More