Pershall Closure


The circled red condominium is where I lived from 6-12 years old.

The blue line is the radioactive creek a few blocks away.

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The green line is Pershall Road, currently closed, because they are digging up all the still-radioactive soil, contaminated by the radioactive creek, itself contaminated by radioactive Manhattan Project byproduct that washed into the creek.

Usually I can ignore this. My brother can’t ignore this. He is very resentful.

Happily, last week a surgeon sliced him open for a non-cancer reason and – hurrah – saw no visible cancer in his abdomen. So, Mallinckrodt Chemical, he escaped. Right now I think he’s skeptical. I am sure when he recovers from the surgery he will be pleased.


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