"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