{"id":87377,"date":"2026-10-13T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=87377"},"modified":"2026-10-13T18:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:01:03","slug":"radiation-levels-were-found-at-fatima-shrine-in-upstate-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/radiation-levels-were-found-at-fatima-shrine-in-upstate-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiation Levels Were Found At Fatima Shrine In Upstate New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"group\/user-message flex flex-col items-end gap-2\" data-chatgpt-search-unit-key=\"fallback-turn-0:0:user\" data-chatgpt-search-message-ids=\"9ab501ab-0e9b-4ed2-a273-d6e6324413dc\">\n<div class=\"w-full\" data-content-search-unit-key=\"fallback-turn-0:0:user\">\n<div class=\"group\/user-message flex w-full flex-col gap-1 items-end\">\n<div class=\"bg-user-message text-user-message min-w-0 max-w-(--user-chat-width) overflow-hidden break-words px-(--thread-content-margin) [&amp;_.contain-inline-size]:[contain:initial] bubble-vBnidZ py-2.5 rounded-2xl relative text-start\" data-user-message-bubble=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-end gap-1\">\n<div class=\"relative w-full min-w-0 text-size-chat leading-relaxed\">\n<div class=\"\" data-search-result-target=\"\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niagarafallsusa.com\/imager\/files_idss_com\/C269\/Images\/listings\/DomeFromRosaryPool0_e45adf5f6bc0c5c2a30a39868f44eab6.jpg\" alt=\"Our Lady of Fatima Shrine | Niagara Falls USA\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We asked ChatGPT if there has ever been radiation found at <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.niagarafallsusa.com\/directory\/our-lady-of-fatima-shrine\/\">Our Lady of Fatima Shrine<\/a><\/span> in Youngstown, New York, since it&#8217;s near a facility and dumping ground used during the Manhattan Project.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(We will always inform you when A.I. is the &#8220;author.) The reply:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-row-reverse items-center gap-1\">\n<div class=\"isolate me-1 ms-1 flex items-center gap-2 opacity-0 group-focus-within\/user-message:opacity-100 group-hover\/user-message:opacity-100 [@media(hover:none)]:opacity-100\"><span class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;Yes. <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Radioactive <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">material <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">was <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">actually <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">discovered <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">at <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Basilica <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">of <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">National <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Shrine <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">of <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Our <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Lady <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">of <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Fatima <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">in <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Youngstown, <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">New <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">York.<\/span><\/span> <span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">And <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">findings <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">are <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">quite <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">interesting.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-BQZwFn\">\n<div data-content-search-unit-key=\"fallback-turn-0:2:assistant\" data-chatgpt-search-unit-key=\"fallback-turn-0:2:assistant\" data-chatgpt-search-message-ids=\"5f2c642d-fb4b-4937-b623-f611bd754f29 5f2c642d-fb4b-4937-b623-f611bd754f29\">\n<div class=\"group flex min-w-0 flex-col\" data-chatgpt-selection-conversation-id=\"local-chatgpt:532dd962-6d12-4e2b-ae0e-133db67cd282\" data-chatgpt-selection-message-id=\"5f2c642d-fb4b-4937-b623-f611bd754f29\">\n<div class=\"MarkdownRoot-rZKhxa [&amp;&gt;*:first-child]:mt-0 [&amp;&gt;*:last-child]:mb-0 [&amp;&gt;*:last-child]:mb-0 [&amp;&gt;ol:first-child]:mt-0 [&amp;&gt;ul:first-child]:mt-0\" dir=\"auto\" data-selected-text-overlay-target=\"_r_fh_\" data-markdown-text-style=\"assistant-message\">\n<div class=\"my-4 first:mt-0 last:mb-0 empty:hidden\" data-dil-source-message-id=\"5f2c642d-fb4b-4937-b623-f611bd754f29\" data-chatgpt-copy-reference=\"0\" data-markdown-copy=\"contents\">\n<div class=\"[--entity-prose-inset:0px]\">\n<div class=\"relative PortalBoundary-TFj9W2 Renderer-ojZscX\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<div class=\"DilRenderer-tB76Jj DilResponseRoot-HfQrEh Reveal-k2IWvM\" dir=\"auto\" data-d-inline-reveal=\"\" data-d-direction=\"col\" data-dil-message-id=\"5f2c642d-fb4b-4937-b623-f611bd754f29\">\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;Federal <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">scientists <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">detected <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">elevated <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">radiation <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">in <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">shrine&#8217;s <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">parking <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">area <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">during <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">investigations <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">in <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">1978. <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">A <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">subsequent <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Oak <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Ridge <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">National <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Laboratory <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">report <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">documented <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">unusually <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">high <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">concentrations <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">of <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">uranium <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">and <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">radium.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Title-HRvkwB\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"title\" data-d-size=\"lg\" data-d-weight=\"semibold\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">What <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">investigators <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">found<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"List-rH8nmc\" data-d-component=\"list\" data-d-marker=\"bullet\" data-d-marker-layout=\"native\">\n<li class=\"Item-O8JWQe\" data-d-component=\"list-item\" data-d-marker-layout=\"native\">\n<div class=\"Content-OKAHK6\">\n<div class=\"Label-B5tj_e\" data-d-list-item-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\">Uranium-238:<\/span><\/span> <span data-d-text-flow=\"word\">Approximately <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\">55 <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\">times <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">normal <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">background <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">concentration.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Item-O8JWQe\" data-d-component=\"list-item\" data-d-marker-layout=\"native\">\n<div class=\"Content-OKAHK6\">\n<div class=\"Label-B5tj_e\" data-d-list-item-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Radium-226:<\/span><\/span> <span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Approximately <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">40 <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">times <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">background.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Item-O8JWQe\" data-d-component=\"list-item\" data-d-marker-layout=\"native\">\n<div class=\"Content-OKAHK6\">\n<div class=\"Label-B5tj_e\" data-d-list-item-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Gamma <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">radiation:<\/span><\/span> <span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Elevated <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">readings <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">across <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">portions <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">of <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">parking <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">area.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Item-O8JWQe\" data-d-component=\"list-item\" data-d-marker-layout=\"native\">\n<div class=\"Content-OKAHK6\">\n<div class=\"Label-B5tj_e\" data-d-list-item-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Source:<\/span><\/span> <span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Crushed <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">industrial <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">slag <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">apparently <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">used <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">as <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">gravel <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">in <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">parking <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">lot.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;These <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">were <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">concentrations <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">in <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">sampled <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">material, <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">not <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">measurements <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">showing <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">that <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">visitors <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">received <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">40\u201355 <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">times <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">normal <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">radiation <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">doses. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Badge-_iijmO Badge-G_joSy\" data-color=\"secondary\" data-size=\"sm\" data-pill=\"\" data-variant=\"soft\" data-d-component=\"badge\" data-d-hoverable=\"\" data-d-weight=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"Box-qIMv6G\" data-d-auto-spacing=\"\" data-d-component=\"row\" data-d-direction=\"row\">\n<div class=\"Box-qIMv6G FaviconBox-a4uDs_\" role=\"presentation\" data-d-auto-spacing=\"\" data-d-component=\"favicon\" data-d-direction=\"col\" data-d-has-width=\"\" data-d-has-height=\"\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;The <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">findings <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">were <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">documented <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">in <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">a <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">1979 <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">federal <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">scientific <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">report <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">and <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">discussed <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">again <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">in <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Niagara <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">County&#8217;s <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">2008 <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Community <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Lake <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Ontario <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Ordnance <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Works <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">report.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;Importantly, <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">investigators <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">believed <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">radioactive <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">material <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">originated <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">from <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">industrial <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">processing <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">of <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">phosphate <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">rock, <\/span><span class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">not <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">from <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Manhattan <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Project <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">nuclear <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">waste <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">stored <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">at <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">nearby <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Niagara <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Falls <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Storage <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Site.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Badge-_iijmO Badge-G_joSy\" data-color=\"secondary\" data-size=\"sm\" data-pill=\"\" data-variant=\"soft\" data-d-component=\"badge\" data-d-hoverable=\"\" data-d-weight=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"Box-qIMv6G\" data-d-auto-spacing=\"\" data-d-component=\"row\" data-d-direction=\"row\">\n<div class=\"Box-qIMv6G FaviconBox-a4uDs_\" role=\"presentation\" data-d-auto-spacing=\"\" data-d-component=\"favicon\" data-d-direction=\"col\" data-d-has-width=\"\" data-d-has-height=\"\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;Is <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">shrine <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">safe <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">to <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">visit <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">today?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;That <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">is <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">question <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">historical <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">reports <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">do <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">not <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">fully <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;Niagara <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">County&#8217;s <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">2008 <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">report <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">said <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">federal <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">authorities <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">had <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">not <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">conducted <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">further <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">investigation <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">of <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">shrine&#8217;s <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">radioactive <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">slag <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">because <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">it <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">was <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">unrelated <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">to <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">former <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">military <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">nuclear-waste <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">operations. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Badge-_iijmO Badge-G_joSy\" data-color=\"secondary\" data-size=\"sm\" data-pill=\"\" data-variant=\"soft\" data-d-component=\"badge\" data-d-hoverable=\"\" data-d-weight=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"Box-qIMv6G\" data-d-auto-spacing=\"\" data-d-component=\"row\" data-d-direction=\"row\">\n<div class=\"Box-qIMv6G FaviconBox-a4uDs_\" role=\"presentation\" data-d-auto-spacing=\"\" data-d-component=\"favicon\" data-d-direction=\"col\" data-d-has-width=\"\" data-d-has-height=\"\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;I <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">could <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">not <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">verify <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">that <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">affected <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">parking <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">material <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">has <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">since <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">been <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">removed, <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">or <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">find <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">recent <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">radiation <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">measurements <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">specifically <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">establishing <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">current <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">conditions <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">at <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">shrine.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;There <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">is, <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">however, <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">a <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">new <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">regional <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">investigation. <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">In <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">2026, <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">EPA <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">and <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">New <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">York <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">State <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Department <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">of <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Environmental <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Conservation <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">continued <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">surveying <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">properties <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">in <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Niagara <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">and <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Erie <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">counties <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">for <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">radiological <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">contamination. <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">I <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">found <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">no <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">confirmation <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">that <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Fatima <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Shrine <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">had <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">been <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">tested <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">as <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">part <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">of <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">that <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">program. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Badge-_iijmO Badge-G_joSy\" data-color=\"secondary\" data-size=\"sm\" data-pill=\"\" data-variant=\"soft\" data-d-component=\"badge\" data-d-hoverable=\"\" data-d-weight=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"Box-qIMv6G\" data-d-auto-spacing=\"\" data-d-component=\"row\" data-d-direction=\"row\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-qIMv6G\" data-d-align=\"center\" data-d-component=\"row\" data-d-direction=\"row\">\n<div class=\"Box-qIMv6G\" data-d-auto-spacing=\"\" data-d-component=\"row\" data-d-direction=\"row\"><span class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;For <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">a <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">definitive <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">current <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">answer<\/span><\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">, <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">state&#8217;s <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">radiological <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">assessment <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">team <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">can <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">be <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">contacted <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">at <\/span><span class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">844-612-8144<\/span><\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;You <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">can <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">read <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">original <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">evidence:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"List-rH8nmc\" data-d-component=\"list\" data-d-marker=\"bullet\" data-d-marker-layout=\"native\">\n<li class=\"Item-O8JWQe\" data-d-component=\"list-item\" data-d-marker-layout=\"native\">\n<div class=\"Content-OKAHK6\">\n<div class=\"Label-B5tj_e\" data-d-list-item-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"Box-qIMv6G\" data-d-auto-spacing=\"\" data-d-component=\"box\" data-d-direction=\"col\" data-d-inline=\"\" data-d-stream-inline=\"\"><span class=\"Trigger-C5mz9C\" role=\"presentation\" data-d-component=\"popover-trigger\" data-d-inline=\"\" data-d-inline-text=\"\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.osti.gov\/biblio\/5927722-results-ground-level-radiation-measurements-support-aerial-survey-lake-ontario-ordnance-works-lewiston-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\" data-d-text-decoration=\"underline-dotted\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">1979 <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Oak <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Ridge <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">National <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Laboratory <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">radiation <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">survey<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Item-O8JWQe\" data-d-component=\"list-item\" data-d-marker-layout=\"native\">\n<div class=\"Content-OKAHK6\">\n<div class=\"Label-B5tj_e\" data-d-list-item-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"Box-qIMv6G\" data-d-auto-spacing=\"\" data-d-component=\"box\" data-d-direction=\"col\" data-d-inline=\"\" data-d-stream-inline=\"\"><span class=\"Trigger-C5mz9C\" role=\"presentation\" data-d-component=\"popover-trigger\" data-d-inline=\"\" data-d-inline-text=\"\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/downloads.niagaracounty.gov\/Document_center\/Department\/A%20-F\/Environmental\/CLP%20Final%20Report%20Sept%2008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\" data-d-text-decoration=\"underline-dotted\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">2008 <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Niagara <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">County <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">report<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> <span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">\u2014 <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">see <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">printed <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">page <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">3-24.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"TextBase-hXhSqg Text-lIMP0_\" data-d-text-flow=\"\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">&#8220;My <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">conclusion:<\/span><\/span> <span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">There <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">is <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">documented <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">historical <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">evidence <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">of <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">radioactive <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">material <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">at <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Fatima <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">Shrine <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">itself, <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">particularly <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">in <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">its <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">former <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">gravel <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">parking <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">area. <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">That <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">does <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">not <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">establish <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">a <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">dangerous <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">exposure <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">level <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">today, <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">but <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">the <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">absence <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">of <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">verified <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">follow-up <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">testing <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">leaves <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">a <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">legitimate <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">question <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">about <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">current <\/span><span data-d-text-flow=\"word\" data-d-stream-word=\"\">conditions.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We asked ChatGPT if there has ever been radiation found at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Youngstown, New 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