Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — Scientists are concerned after reviewing the results from a study aimed at researching how much plutonium is in the ground and water near Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Michael Ketterer, at Northern Arizona University has collected, and analyzed plutonium levels from a trailhead at Acid Canyon in Los Alamos, and found “alarmingly high results” of plutonium contamination. Advocates with Nuclear Watch New Mexico worry that although radiation levels are not high enough to hurt people walking the trail, what would happen to those levels if a fire broke out. They fear that the smoke inhaled during a wildfire could lead to lung cancer.
