Five revelations about St. Louis’ history with radioactive waste

By: Allison Kite - July 12, 2023

"The #MissouriIndependent and #MuckRock spent months scouring thousands of pages of government records about St. Louis’ involvement in the race to build an #AtomicBomb during World War II and decades of #environmental #contamination that followed.

"Journalists sought to lay bare the degree to which government officials knew of the spreading contamination and the danger it posed to St. Louis County residents.

"While the contamination at the #WestLakeLandfill and in #ColdwaterCreek has been covered extensively for decades, documents obtained by the newsrooms revealed the way federal officials failed to take stronger measures to protect the health of St. Louis-area residents."

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

Catching up from y/our weekend? #Arizona #Georgia #NorthCarolina #Pennsylvania and #Virginia catch the notice of below caption and Ariana Figueroa, Jacob Fischler, and Jennifer Shutt: cross-posted in #KansasReflector and #MissouriIndependent gr8 weekend recap from 'round 'merica 🇺🇸 😀 going into #electionday2024

https://oklahomavoice.com/2024/11/04/as-presidential-campaign-rockets-toward-end-7-big-things-that-happened-this-weekend/

https://kansasreflector.com/2024/11/03/as-presidential-campaign-rockets-toward-end-7-big-things-that-happened-this-weekend/

Missouri Republicans Block Legislation Banning Child Marriage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlcuqv4JDOY&t=9

https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/legislation-enacting-total-ban-on-child-marriage-in-missouri-dies-in-the-house/

#news #politics #uspolitics #missouriindependent #missouri #theringoffire