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And u thought your NIKE missle bases hikes were safe!
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Radioactive soil at WWII weapons plant stalling hiking trail plans in northeast Ohio

By Associated Press

9:07 AM EST, January 26, 2010
CLEVELAND (AP) — Plans for a 101-mile hiking trail along the Ohio & Erie Canal leading to Lake Erie have run into a radioactive roadblock.

A final leg of the trail in Cleveland has been stalled by radioactive soil at a location that refined uranium for atomic bombs during World War II.

Officials say a cleanup of the 55-acre property won't be completed for four or five years. A study says the location is no imminent threat to health or the environment.

The Towpath Trail along the historic Ohio & Erie Canal eventually will link New Philadelphia in eastern Ohio with Cleveland.

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Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com
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