{"id":20136,"date":"2023-11-27T13:35:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T19:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=20136"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:03:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T21:03:29","slug":"tras-decadas-de-espera-comienza-la-limpieza-final-de-chicagos-occidental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/11\/27\/after-decades-of-waiting-west-chicagos-final-radiation-cleanup-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Tras d\u00e9cadas de espera, comienza la limpieza final por radiaci\u00f3n de West Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69f8fa46d0b6f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durante a\u00f1os, Ata Rehman ha mirado por la puerta de su casa y se ha preguntado cu\u00e1ndo terminar\u00edan por fin las obras en las hect\u00e1reas de campos vallados cerca de su casa en los suburbios de West Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desde que se mud\u00f3 al otro lado de la calle en 2016, Rehman ha visto rachas de actividad: cuadrillas que iban y ven\u00edan con maquinaria pesada, seguidas de largos periodos en los que el vasto terreno quedaba abandonado.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"El trabajo es muy lento\", afirma Rehman, que emigr\u00f3 de Pakist\u00e1n en 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f8fa46d999a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f8fa46da63e\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f8fa46dacea\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>Noticias que ponen el poder en el punto de mira y a las comunidades en el centro.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn gratuito y reciba actualizaciones dos veces por semana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pesar del trabajo continuo, sabe muy poco de lo que ha estado ocurriendo a unos 15 metros de su porche. Antes de que un reportero y un fot\u00f3grafo de Borderless llamaran a su puerta a principios de noviembre, Rehman desconoc\u00eda que los campos albergaron en su d\u00eda la mayor instalaci\u00f3n de extracci\u00f3n de torio radiactivo y tierras raras del mundo, as\u00ed como el plan de limpieza del lugar, situado a unos 50 kil\u00f3metros al oeste de Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tras d\u00e9cadas de esfuerzos de rehabilitaci\u00f3n, la limpieza final de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas de la propiedad de 43 acres est\u00e1 en marcha y se prev\u00e9 que finalice en 2026. Est\u00e1 previsto construir un parque p\u00fablico en sustituci\u00f3n de la antigua f\u00e1brica con el objetivo de dejar atr\u00e1s la <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/07\/12\/el-oeste-de-chicago-esta-limpiando-lo-ultimo-de-su-contaminacion-nuclear-los-residentes-expuestos-a-la-radiacion-dicen-que-no-se-ha-acabado\/\">legado t\u00f3xico que ha asolado durante mucho tiempo el barrio de mayor\u00eda latina<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En la actualidad, camiones volquete, excavadoras y bulldozers est\u00e1n creando 9.000 yardas c\u00fabicas de terrapl\u00e9n, el equivalente a unas tres piscinas ol\u00edmpicas, alrededor de una celda de tratamiento de suelos prevista. Los trabajos actuales forman parte de la fase final de limpieza de los contaminantes radiactivos y de otro tipo del emplazamiento.  Un permiso municipal de obras en el l\u00edmite de la propiedad describe la \"excavaci\u00f3n y retirada de tablestacas\", pero el peque\u00f1o cartel -que los transe\u00fantes pasan f\u00e1cilmente por alto- no revela la historia del emplazamiento.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En la puerta de su casa, Rehman desear\u00eda saber qu\u00e9 est\u00e1 pasando. \"Deber\u00edan poner una gran pancarta o un cartel que describiera el trabajo que est\u00e1n haciendo, el plan\", dijo Rehman se\u00f1alando hacia la verja. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f8fa46de369\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_01.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_01-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_01-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_01-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_01-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_01-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_01-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_01-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">La limpieza de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas contin\u00faa en el lugar donde se encontraba la f\u00e1brica de Kerr-McGee en West Chicago, Illinois, el 1 de noviembre de 2023.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Efra\u00edn Soriano para Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f8fa46e3ab2\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h2 id=\"long-stalled-cleanup-enters-final-phase\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La limpieza, estancada desde hace tiempo, entra en su fase final<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durante d\u00e9cadas, los residentes de West Chicago expresaron su preocupaci\u00f3n por la liberaci\u00f3n de material t\u00f3xico por parte de la f\u00e1brica, pero no se tuvo en cuenta hasta que se adoptaron medidas de protecci\u00f3n medioambiental a principios de la d\u00e9cada de 1970. El antiguo propietario y el gobierno han tardado m\u00e1s de 30 a\u00f1os en limpiar los residuos radiactivos, mientras que muchos residentes han sufrido las consecuencias. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/07\/12\/preguntas-frecuentes-west-chicago-kerr-mcgee-factory\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">se sinti\u00f3 abandonado en la oscuridad<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Agencia de Gesti\u00f3n de Emergencias de Illinois (IEMA) supervisa la fase final de limpieza de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas. Espera entregar la totalidad de la propiedad a la ciudad de West Chicago en oto\u00f1o de 2026. En septiembre, el ayuntamiento de West Chicago aprob\u00f3 un plan definitivo para construir el Parque Comunitario de West Chicago en el solar de la antigua f\u00e1brica.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f8fa46e4a18\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; margin-bottom: 3%; \">\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1275\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_06.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_06.png 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_06-1536x1020.png 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_06-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_06-240x160.png 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_06-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_06-900x598.png 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_06-1245x827.png 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_06-768x510.png 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">West Chicago ha dado a conocer los detalles preliminares de un parque p\u00fablico, que incluye una zona de juegos, en la antigua f\u00e1brica de Kerr-McGee Corporation en West Chicago.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Ciudad de West Chicago<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Instalaci\u00f3n de Tierras Raras, conocida por los lugare\u00f1os como la f\u00e1brica Kerr-McGee, funcion\u00f3 entre 1932 y 1973. Al principio produc\u00eda l\u00e1mparas incandescentes y m\u00e1s tarde suministr\u00f3 materiales para el desarrollo de la bomba at\u00f3mica del gobierno federal. Su vertido no regulado de subproductos radiactivos en el lugar y en los barrios circundantes ha dejado un <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/07\/12\/el-oeste-de-chicago-esta-limpiando-lo-ultimo-de-su-contaminacion-nuclear-los-residentes-expuestos-a-la-radiacion-dicen-que-no-se-ha-acabado\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">legado de preocupaciones sanitarias y desconfianza.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A principios de la d\u00e9cada de 1990, cuatro zonas del oeste de Chicago, que inclu\u00edan 676 viviendas, fueron incluidas en la Lista de Prioridades Nacionales del Superfondo de la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n del Medio Ambiente. Desde entonces se han limpiado conforme a las normas de la agencia y se han retirado de la lista o est\u00e1n en proceso de hacerlo. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f8fa46e63de\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1250\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_03.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_03-1536x1000.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_03-900x586.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_03-1245x811.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_Web_03-768x500.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Una casa contaminada por torio en pleno proceso de limpieza en West Chicago, Illinois, en la d\u00e9cada de 1990.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Foto cortes\u00eda de Erika Bartlett<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f8fa46e7e9b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La limpieza del emplazamiento de la f\u00e1brica comenz\u00f3 en 1994 tras una larga batalla entre Kerr-McGee Corporation, propietaria de la f\u00e1brica y que planeaba almacenar las pilas de residuos radiactivos in situ, y los residentes de la ciudad, que se movilizaron con \u00e9xito para que los residuos se enviaran a una instalaci\u00f3n de eliminaci\u00f3n en Utah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tras la quiebra de Tronox, la empresa derivada de Kerr-McGee, en 2009, la limpieza restante recay\u00f3 en IEMA, que utiliz\u00f3 los 1.436 millones de euros restantes del acuerdo de quiebra y los fondos federales del T\u00edtulo 10 depositados en un fideicomiso. El pasado mes de diciembre, el representante de los EE.UU. Sean Casten consigui\u00f3 $2 millones m\u00e1s de fondos para la limpieza como parte de un proyecto de ley de gasto federal de $1,7 billones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sang Thuai se mud\u00f3 al barrio en febrero de 2022 con sus tres hijos peque\u00f1os. Pens\u00f3 que todas las obras del solar se destinaban a construir otra f\u00e1brica. Un vecino le dijo que dejara de cultivar las espinacas de agua, la mostaza y los chiles que ella y su familia disfrutan como parte de su cocina birmana, pero ella desestim\u00f3 los problemas de contaminaci\u00f3n como algo del pasado.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"No sab\u00eda nada del parque\", dijo Thuai. \"No sab\u00edamos nada cuando nos mudamos aqu\u00ed\".\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La rehabilitaci\u00f3n del suelo finaliz\u00f3 en 2015, con lo que los niveles subterr\u00e1neos de radio y uranio, dos contaminantes radiactivos, se ajustaron a las normas de limpieza. \"De donde estaba en la d\u00e9cada de 1980 a donde est\u00e1 ahora, el sitio est\u00e1 a cientos de kil\u00f3metros de distancia en las condiciones\", dijo Kelly Horn, Jefe de la Subdivisi\u00f3n de Servicios de Protecci\u00f3n Radiol\u00f3gica de IEMA. \"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mientras nadie utilice las aguas subterr\u00e1neas en las zonas preocupantes\", a\u00f1adi\u00f3 Horn, \"no hay riesgo para la salud humana\".\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69f8fa46e88c4\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-12006\" class=\"post-12006 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-environmentandhealth category-investigation tag-kerrmcgeefactory\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/07\/12\/west-chicago-is-cleaning-up-the-last-of-its-nuclear-contamination-residents-exposed-to-radiation-say-its-not-over\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/22.07.11_Thorium_featured-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sandra y Jesse Arzola delante de la casa de la familia de Sandra en West Chicago.\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/07\/12\/west-chicago-is-cleaning-up-the-last-of-its-nuclear-contamination-residents-exposed-to-radiation-say-its-not-over\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">West Chicago est\u00e1 limpiando lo que queda de su contaminaci\u00f3n nuclear. Los residentes expuestos a la radiaci\u00f3n dicen que \"esto no ha terminado\".<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/liuan-huska\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Liuan Huska\">Liuan Huska<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/07\/12\/west-chicago-is-cleaning-up-the-last-of-its-nuclear-contamination-residents-exposed-to-radiation-say-its-not-over\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">12 de julio de 2022<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Las ordenanzas municipales y del condado impiden a los residentes locales utilizar pozos en las zonas contaminadas por las actividades de la f\u00e1brica. Horn a\u00f1adi\u00f3 que \"no existe conectividad\" entre el suministro de agua de la ciudad de West Chicago y los acu\u00edferos poco profundos contaminados situados bajo el emplazamiento. La mayor parte del suministro de la ciudad procede de acu\u00edferos profundos, dijo Horn, y los suministros de acu\u00edferos poco profundos de la ciudad se encuentran a m\u00e1s de una milla de distancia del emplazamiento y \"en una v\u00eda de flujo de aguas subterr\u00e1neas diferente\". Seg\u00fan Horn, lo m\u00e1s lejos que se extiende la contaminaci\u00f3n de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas es 700 pies m\u00e1s all\u00e1 del per\u00edmetro del emplazamiento.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desde 2015, la consultora de ingenier\u00eda medioambiental de IEMA, Weston Solutions, investiga las mejores formas de reducir la contaminaci\u00f3n de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas. Durante sus operaciones, la f\u00e1brica Kerr-McGee verti\u00f3 residuos l\u00edquidos en estanques sin revestimiento alrededor del emplazamiento. Unos 20 contaminantes, entre ellos uranio y fluoruro, siguen superando las normas de protecci\u00f3n de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas. Las tablestacas a\u00f1adidas durante la limpieza del suelo para proteger a los trabajadores que excavaban hasta 70 pies de profundidad han mantenido estancadas las aguas subterr\u00e1neas, haciendo que los contaminantes se concentren a medida que el agua de lluvia disuelve la contaminaci\u00f3n residual en el suelo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Esta limpieza final implica el bombeo y tratamiento de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas, la extracci\u00f3n del uranio y otros contaminantes del suelo y la retirada de las tablestacas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69f8fa46f21e8\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage-2\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-11975\" class=\"post-11975 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-environmentandhealth tag-kerrmcgeefaq\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/07\/12\/frequently-asked-questions-west-chicago-kerr-mcgee-factory\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/22.07.11_Thorium_featured-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Una persona de cuerpo entero traje blanco casco y botas amarillas en un pozo detr\u00e1s de una valla con un cartel que dice &quot;peligro, prohibido el paso&quot;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/07\/12\/frequently-asked-questions-west-chicago-kerr-mcgee-factory\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">PREGUNTAS FRECUENTES: El legado radiactivo de la f\u00e1brica Kerr-McGee en el oeste de Chicago<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/liuan-huska\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Liuan Huska\">Liuan Huska<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/07\/12\/frequently-asked-questions-west-chicago-kerr-mcgee-factory\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">12 de julio de 2022<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alrededor de 10% de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas situadas bajo el emplazamiento se bombear\u00e1n, tratar\u00e1n y verter\u00e1n a trav\u00e9s de una tuber\u00eda de impulsi\u00f3n al r\u00edo DuPage. Weston termin\u00f3 la primera parte del tratamiento de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas en octubre y tiene previsto terminar la segunda despu\u00e9s del tratamiento del suelo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El tratamiento del suelo, cuyo inicio est\u00e1 previsto para mediados de 2024, consiste en trasladar cargas de material previamente limpiado, que cumpl\u00eda las normas de limpieza y se rellen\u00f3 en el emplazamiento, a un estanque de doble revestimiento para someterlo a una limpieza adicional con una soluci\u00f3n de lixiviado. Esta soluci\u00f3n extraer\u00e1 el uranio restante y pasar\u00e1 por una serie de evaporadores t\u00e9rmicos y secadores de lodos hasta que queden s\u00f3lidos, que finalmente se enviar\u00e1n a una instalaci\u00f3n de eliminaci\u00f3n en Utah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Por \u00faltimo, a principios de 2026, se retirar\u00e1n las tablestacas para permitir que el flujo natural de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas diluya los contaminantes restantes, seg\u00fan el IEMA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weston informa de que las actividades de limpieza, que incluyen las emisiones procedentes de la evaporaci\u00f3n de la soluci\u00f3n lixiviada, el polvo del traslado de camiones cargados de tierra, posibles accidentes como incendios y el vertido de agua tratada al r\u00edo DuPage, no deber\u00edan perjudicar a los residentes ni al medio ambiente si se siguen todas las medidas de seguridad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IEMA controla semestralmente los contaminantes de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas a trav\u00e9s de una serie de pozos dentro y fuera de la propiedad. Seis estaciones de control alrededor de la f\u00e1brica tambi\u00e9n miden las part\u00edculas en el aire, el gas rad\u00f3n y tor\u00f3n, y la radiaci\u00f3n gamma directa semanal o trimestralmente. Hasta ahora, las mediciones realizadas en estas estaciones no han superado los l\u00edmites de dosis al p\u00fablico. La agencia est\u00e1 estudiando un plan m\u00ednimo quinquenal de control de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas y la necesidad de realizar m\u00e1s controles ambientales una vez concluida la limpieza actual.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seg\u00fan el <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/REP_Phase-VI-EA_Final_20221108.pdf\">Informe de an\u00e1lisis medioambiental de fase VI<\/a> publicado por el IEMA el a\u00f1o pasado, estos tratamientos tienen por objeto reducir los niveles de contaminantes \"al nivel m\u00e1s bajo razonablemente posible\" y permitir la excavaci\u00f3n y el traslado del suelo sin perjudicar a la poblaci\u00f3n. Tras la limpieza en tres fases, se prev\u00e9 que las aguas subterr\u00e1neas alcancen los niveles de protecci\u00f3n mediante diluci\u00f3n natural en un plazo de 375 a\u00f1os.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; margin-bottom: 3%; \">\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/REP_Phase-VI-EA_Final_20221108.pdf\" target=\"_self\" class=\"center\">\r\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/REP_Phase-VI-EA_Final_20221108-2-pdf.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n            <\/a>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f8fa47033df\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h2 id=\"west-chicagos-public-park-plan-aims-to-put-the-sites-toxic-history-in-the-rearview\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El plan del parque p\u00fablico del oeste de Chicago pretende olvidar la historia t\u00f3xica del lugar\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refugio Arias lleva observando el progreso de la antigua f\u00e1brica desde que su familia se mud\u00f3 al barrio hace 20 a\u00f1os. Conoc\u00eda la contaminaci\u00f3n de la f\u00e1brica y est\u00e1 deseando que la propiedad se convierta por fin en un parque que los residentes puedan utilizar. \"No ha pasado gran cosa\", dijo Arias, \"hasta ahora\".\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aunque el Estado sigue limpiando el lugar, algunos vecinos siguen preocupados por la seguridad de los trabajadores y la seguridad general del lugar una vez finalizada la limpieza.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; margin-bottom: 3%; \">\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_04.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_04-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_04-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_04-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_04-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_04-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_04-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_04-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231101_ThoriumWestChicago_web_04-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Refugio Arias, de 55 a\u00f1os, que trabaja en una f\u00e1brica de envasado de alimentos y lleva 20 a\u00f1os viviendo junto al antiguo emplazamiento de Kerr-McGee, afirma que utilizar\u00e1 el parque municipal previsto. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Efra\u00edn Soriano para Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ata <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rehman se pregunta si los trabajadores siguen los protocolos de seguridad radiol\u00f3gica. \"No veo que lleven m\u00e1scaras\", afirma. Rehman afirma que ha hablado con varios trabajadores, y todos le han dicho: \"No sabemos qu\u00e9 est\u00e1 pasando. S\u00f3lo trabajamos aqu\u00ed\".\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seg\u00fan el IEMA, los trabajos actuales se est\u00e1n realizando en suelos ya rehabilitados con niveles de contaminaci\u00f3n iguales o inferiores a los l\u00edmites reglamentarios. Weston deber\u00e1 cumplir la normativa estatal sobre dosis de radiaci\u00f3n ocupacional durante las operaciones de lixiviaci\u00f3n del suelo y eliminaci\u00f3n del uranio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69f8fa4704474\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage-3\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-17345\" class=\"post-17345 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-environmentandhealth category-organizing tag-westchicagowastetransfer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/09\/22\/west-chicago-receives-application-for-second-trash-station-amid-concerns-about-pollution\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/220322_WestChicago-6_featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"LRS, o Lakeshore Recycling Systems, edificio blanco en West Chicago\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/09\/22\/west-chicago-receives-application-for-second-trash-station-amid-concerns-about-pollution\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">West Chicago recibe la solicitud de una segunda estaci\u00f3n de recogida de basuras en medio de la preocupaci\u00f3n por la contaminaci\u00f3n<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/diane-bou-khalil\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Diane Bou Khalil\">Diane Bou Khalil<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/09\/22\/west-chicago-receives-application-for-second-trash-station-amid-concerns-about-pollution\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">22 de septiembre de 2022<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La activista local Julieta Alcantar-Garc\u00eda quiere ver una prueba final de radiaci\u00f3n antes de que se construya el parque. \"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Es muy importante para nuestra comunidad, sobre todo si pensamos en ni\u00f1os jugando encima de estos terrenos, saber que esa zona es segura para construir\", afirm\u00f3. A Alcantar-Garc\u00eda tambi\u00e9n le gustar\u00eda ver un monumento en memoria de los residentes que han sufrido los efectos de la radiaci\u00f3n de la f\u00e1brica sobre su salud, quiz\u00e1 en forma de plantaci\u00f3n de \u00e1rboles para las v\u00edctimas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En el departamento de Desarrollo Comunitario de la ciudad, el director Tom Debareiner ha dirigido el proceso de planificaci\u00f3n del parque, que ha incluido foros comunitarios. El plan aprobado, con un coste estimado de $15 millones, incluye plantaciones aut\u00f3ctonas, canchas de pickleball, tenis y baloncesto, campos de f\u00fatbol, un parque infantil, senderos, un jard\u00edn sensorial y mesas de picnic, entre otras caracter\u00edsticas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La ciudad no lo ha presupuestado y espera obtener financiaci\u00f3n estatal y de otro tipo para introducir progresivamente diversos elementos del parque. Debareiner dijo que las plantaciones naturales en la zona norte del recinto comenzar\u00e1n en unos dos a\u00f1os. \"Definitivamente est\u00e1 en nuestra mente\", a\u00f1adi\u00f3 Debareiner, \"proporcionar alg\u00fan tipo de reconocimiento a las personas que trabajaron tan duro antes limpiando el sitio\".\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al otro lado de la calle, Andrew Marsh y su pareja estaban en el porche mirando por encima de la valla de alambre forrada de tela la maquinaria que mov\u00eda la tierra alrededor de la antigua f\u00e1brica. Est\u00e1 deseando pasear a su perro por el parque. \"Parece que est\u00e1n haciendo su trabajo, as\u00ed que no me puedo quejar\", dijo Marsh, y a\u00f1adi\u00f3: \"Espero que lo hayan conseguido todo\".\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f8fa4707b21\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" 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