Cin Park News Today

Democratic Representative Cori Bush was joined by elected officials and community members to rally support for passage of legislation in Congress to compensate people in Missouri harmed by exposure to radioactive waste.

The radioactive waste from a WWII-era factory has long been the region’s dirty little secret. With devastating cancer rates, one community is still suffering.

For decades, private companies and the federal government downplayed the potential health risks of contamination in the St. Louis region.

Since July, 301 truckloads of contaminated dirt have been removed from the bank of Coldwater Creek near Jana Elementary School. The school is still shuttered even though U.S. officials assure