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Residents urge Lawrence County to consider warning signs after radium concerns raised
Summary
Speakers at the Lawrence County commissioners meeting said locally used waterways may contain elevated levels of radium-226 tied to oil-and-gas waste and asked the county to advise on posting warning signs and coordinating with township and state officials.
Lisa Stern, who identified herself as president of Lawrence County Action, told the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners that she and a colleague were seeking the board’s advice and support for placing warning signs at three boat launches. “Lawrence County waterways have an unsafe amount of radium 226 as a result of fracking waste,” Stern said during the board’s public comment period.
Stern and a fellow commenter, Jane Cleary, summarized a 2016 Department of Environmental Protection study they said documented elevated radium-226 readings at several regional treatment…
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