Watch now: Concerns about Coldwater Creek
From the ºüÀêÊÓƵ’ long history of radioactive contamination. Highlights of 10 years of Post-Dispatch coverage. series
Coldwater Creek's issues with radioactive soil begin with work done near downtown ºüÀêÊÓƵ for the Manhattan Project during World War II. We summarize the concerns about the creek and how radioactive material contaminated it.
Beth O'Malley
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Jana Elementary sits in the floodplain of Coldwater Creek, a nuclear waste site.
But Army Corps stands by its finding that the low-level radioactive residues in nearby soil do not pose an immediate risk to human health.
ºüÀêÊÓƵans have become so accustomed over the decades to horror stories about mishandled r…
