"Read the thousands of documents journalists used to investigate St. Louis radioactive waste"

#ColdwaterCreek #nuclear #NuclearWaste #MED #STL

https://missouriindependent.com/2023/07/19/read-the-thousands-of-documents-journalists-used-to-investigate-st-louis-radioactive-waste/

Article about the uranium contamination in St. Louis from nuclear weapon production:

"Eight decades after Mallinckrodt Chemical Works first began the dangerous task of processing uranium at a sprawling complex near downtown St. Louis, the federal government is still removing soil from a creek and cleaning up a landfill — nuclear contamination sites. Last year, a grade school closed amid worries that contamination from the creek got onto the playground and inside the building."

#Mallinckrodt #STL #nuclear #NuclearWeapon @histodons #ColdwaterCreek #Weldon

https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-contamination-waste-st-louis-takeaways-39378ddae0cdca09f972196c6965cd28

"Lawmakers Demand Action on St. Louis Radioactive Waste"

#STL #ColdwaterCreek #nuclear #NuclearWaste

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/lawmakers-demand-action-on-st-louis-radioactive-waste-40453451

"Five revelations about St. Louis’ history with radioactive waste"

#STL #nuclear #NuclearWaste #ColdWar #ColdWaterCreek

https://missouriindependent.com/2023/07/12/five-revelations-about-st-louis-history-with-radioactive-waste/

How happy are you that your neighborhood is contaminated with nuclear waste?

"Missouri S&T will ask St. Louis-area residents their opinions about nuclear waste"

#STL #nuclear #NuclearWaste #ColdWar #ColdWaterCreek

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/health-science-environment/2023-07-05/missouri-s-t-will-ask-st-louis-area-residents-their-opinions-about-nuclear-waste

"How a school shutdown resurrected concerns over nuclear contamination in North Saint Louis"

"Last October, #Jana Elementary School in Florissant, Missouri shut down after an independent study found radioactive lead dust in the school building.

The incident brought light back on a decades-old issue in the community -- nuclear waste that has seeped into the environment throughout North St. Louis County.

The waste is the product of the country's earliest #nuclear programs. Starting in the 1940s with the Manhattan Project and continuing through the beginning of the Cold War, downtown St. Louis' #Mallickrodt Chemical Works was responsible for processing #uranium ore."

#StLouis #ColdWaterCreek #NuclearWaste #Missouri #ManhattanProject @histodons @sts

https://abcnews.go.com/US/school-shutdown-resurrected-concerns-nuclear-contamination-north-saint/story?id=98320016

"EPA finds radioactive contamination in more areas of West Lake Landfill

Despite pleas from community members who say the landfill is responsible for mysterious illnesses, federal environmental regulators said Tuesday they can’t provide a timeline for cleanup

Radioactive waste in the West Lake Landfill is more widespread than previously thought, officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.

The finding is based on two years of testing at the St. Louis County site, which has held thousands of tons of radioactive waste for decades. An underground “fire” in another area of the landfill threatens to exacerbate the issue, which residents believe is responsible for a host of mysterious illnesses."

#StLouis #nuclear #NuclearWaste #Westlake #ColdWaterCreek #MED #ColdWar @sts

https://missouriindependent.com/2023/03/29/epa-finds-radioactive-contamination-in-more-areas-of-west-lake-landfill/

@CassOfDunshire
I'm starting to regret our decision to move to #Florissant. We are at least a mile from #ColdwaterCreek but I'm starting to think that's not far enough away.