Unhealthy uranium, radium levels found in thousands of wells
RALEIGH — Thousands of people living near North Carolina’s capital city are likely drinking water with “unhealthy levels” of radiological chemicals.The News & Observer reported Monday that officials estimate up to 6,000 water wells in eastern Wake County exceed the safe drinking-water standards for uranium and radium. Tests on hundreds of private water wells show levels 10 to 20 times higher than the standard.Those private wells are primarily outside […]
