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Scientist says he found extreme plutonium contamination in Acid Canyon in Los Alamos

From 1943 until 1963 liquid and often radioactive waste was dumped down a canyon near Los Alamos National Laboratory giving it the name Acid Canyon. Now a dirt trail shaded by pines provides a relatively easy recreation opportunity in that same area.  Dr. Michael Ketterer, a professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry at Northern Arizona […]