{"id":841225,"date":"2026-06-03T10:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/841225\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:07:18","slug":"epa-to-conduct-low-flying-radiation-monitoring-flights-over-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/841225\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA to conduct low-flying radiation monitoring flights over Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents in parts of Dallas and Arlington may spot a low-flying aircraft on several dates this summer as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">federal officials<\/a> prepare for the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will fly a specialized aircraft at low altitude over parts of Dallas and Arlington to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/emergency-response\/aspect\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">measure normal background radiation levels<\/a> before the\u00a0FIFA World Cup kicks off and ahead of some games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The flights are part of security and emergency preparedness planning, not because officials have detected a threat or radiation problem, according to a press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Residents may notice a low-flying aircraft over downtown Dallas, Fair Park, the Cotton Bowl and AT&amp;T Stadium on June 3, June 28 and July 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The plane is collecting baseline environmental data, specifically normal radiological readings, according to the EPA. Having a baseline allows authorities to quickly identify unusual radiation levels if an emergency or security incident were to occur during World Cup events.<\/p>\n<p>The operation is being coordinated with the FBI, Homeland Security, local governments and World Cup organizers as part of broader security preparations.<\/p>\n<p>No information about the exact altitude and how long each flight will last was provided, nor whether the public will be able to access any of the data collected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The city of Dallas directed all questions to the EPA. The EPA did not respond to a request for comment before the time of publication.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents in parts of Dallas and Arlington may spot a low-flying aircraft on several dates this summer as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":841226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,358,290169,336167,290085,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-841225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-dallas","tag-texas","tag-tp-dallas","tag-tp-environment","tag-tp-world-cup","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116685625811522208","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}