LUCKEY, Ohio — Independent testing of five private water systems in Luckey, Ohio, found the water safe to drink, according to results released Wednesday by the Ohio Department of Health.

The results showed the systems met all Ohio and federal safe drinking water standards, according to a news release.

The testing was in response to a Blade investigation published in April that detailed how sampling by the newspaper found high levels of radioactivity in the drinking water in and around the village.

Nineteen of the 39 samples collected by the newspaper from well water at homes, businesses, and public places showed levels of bismuth-214 at least 10 times higher than the Army Corps of Engineers’ natural background levels.

The Blade testing of a hallway drinking fountain at Eastwood Middle

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