Pictured above: Dawn Chapman (Left) and Karen Nickel, co-founders of Just Moms STL.
The Missouri Independent is reporting Coldwater Creek in north St. Louis County will soon have “informational signs” about potential radioactive dangers after decades of nuclear contamination. (See 1/8/24 story posted on EE)
As Environmental Echo previously reported, there has been plenty of political posturing, crocodile politician tears, and plenty of nothing getting done in 2023 on the radioactive contamination of North County from America’s atomic bomb program.
The nation’s atomic bomb builders have used portions of North St. Louis City and County as a guinea pig, and a sacrificial lamb, for weapons programs dating back to World War II, according to area activists.
Senators, St. Louis’ Congressional delegations, state and regional leaders have seemed powerless to solve the problem. The recent announcement of an Army Corps of Engineers program to post informational signs is a small, but positive development.
Founders of Just Moms St. Louis, a watchdog group on the contamination situation, said the signs are long overdue. The group contends the waste sites and creek contamination from the atomic bomb program have caused serious health problems for residents.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is meeting with residents this month as the Coldwater Creek contamination issue enters another year of agency discussions with affected communities. For more information follow @Justmomsstl on X (formerly known as Twitter.)
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