Damn dude, this is one of the craziest radioactive material contamination stories I’ve read in a while. The former Titanium Alloys Manufacturing Co (TAM) *allegedly* processed mineral sands containing naturally occurring uranium and thorium (NORM) and some of it ended up buried beneath residential properties in Lewiston, NY. The radiation readings beneath one home reportedly reached around 30 times natural background levels even. They also found metal plates bearing the former manufacturer’s name buried with the waste. Apparently, the company had even claimed it was the only one using this particular sand back in the day, so that’s probably not in their favor rn either. The most disturbing part is that a woman lived at one of the properties and developed breast cancer and died at just 44. Her doctors reportedly raised the possibility that radiation exposure contributed to her illness, although it’s still not proven all the way. The EPA believes that the radioactive sand was dumped into an old quarry and used as fill to level the land before homes were built on top of it. ☢️