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This is a list of Superfund sites in Kentucky designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
[citation needed] Information about local radon zones and specific state contact information can be accessed through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Map. [104] The kit includes a collector that the user hangs in the lowest livable floor of the dwelling for 2 to 7 days. [105]
Maps of average radon levels in houses are available, to assist in planning mitigation measures. [8] While high uranium in the soil/rock under a house does not always lead to a high radon level in air, a positive correlation between the uranium content of the soil and the radon level in air can be seen.
Chemical plant emissions driving cancer risk near Western Kentucky elementary, EPA says. Gannett. Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal. January 24, 2024 at 2:30 AM.
A typical radon test kit Fluctuation of ambient air radon concentration over one week, measured in a laboratory. The first step in mitigation is testing. No level of radiation is considered completely safe, but as it cannot be eliminated, governments around the world have set various action levels to provide guidance on when radon concentrations should be reduced.
Kentucky has rightfully pushed back, joining 24 other states in suing the EPA to block the so-called carbon rule, arguably the most dangerous of the bunch. The members of Dependable Power First ...
Köppen climate types in Kentucky, showing that the state is almost entirely humid subtropical. Climate change in Kentucky encompasses the effects of climate change, attributed to man-made increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The United States Environmental Protection Agency reports: "Kentucky's climate is ...
File:Blank_US_Map.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0-migrated, GFDL 2009-11-05T19:44:02Z NuclearVacuum 959x593 (91518 Bytes) minor fix from previous upload 2009-11-05T19:39:42Z NuclearVacuum 959x593 (88399 Bytes) Fixed up the borders so they are connected with each state and loosing that gap between them.