{"id":322558,"date":"2026-08-16T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322558\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:00:08","slug":"40-more-homes-cleared-in-search-for-radioactive-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322558\/","title":{"rendered":"40 more homes cleared in search for radioactive materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another 40 properties have been cleared in search of <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/buffalo\/news\/2026\/07\/26\/more-niagara-county-homeowners-request-radiation-screenings-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">radioactive materials<\/a> in Western New York.<\/p>\n<p>That report comes from the Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.<\/p>\n<p>More than a month ago, residents in the town of Niagara announced radioactive materials had been detected on their property.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the EPA and the state DEC say they have been given permission to screen more than 800 properties.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery last month led officials to host a wider <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/buffalo\/news\/2026\/07\/21\/niagara-county-residents-voice-frustration-over-radiation-concerns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">community meeting<\/a> and the agency has already offered <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/buffalo\/news\/2026\/07\/19\/community-meeting-set-for-monday-for-radiological-assessment-in-erie--niagara-counties\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">temporary relocation<\/a> to some people living in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The search encompasses parts of Niagara County, as well as Grand Island in Erie County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another 40 properties have been cleared in search of radioactive materials in Western New York. That report comes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[113,3242,2953,9,11,10,49,51,50,12,308,380],"class_list":["post-322558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-buffalo","tag-environment","tag-health","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-news","tag-public-safety","tag-spectrum-news-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}