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A new trove of records shows how federal officials wrote off potential risks near Coldwater Creek as “slight,” “minimal” or “low-level”

Newly public documents are showing how America’s push for the atomic bomb helped saddle St. Louis with an enduring radioactive waste problem. St. Louis was part of a geographically scattered

The AP examined hundreds of pages of internal memos, inspection reports and other items dating to the early 1950s.

A trove of documents reveals the government downplayed the radioactive contamination at Coldwater Creek and West Lake Landfill

Newly public documents are showing how America’s push for the atomic bomb helped saddle St. Louis with an enduring radioactive waste problem. St. Louis was part of a geographically scattered

Newly public documents are showing how America’s push for the atomic bomb helped saddle St. Louis with an enduring radioactive waste problem. St. Louis was part of a geographically scattered

Newly public documents are showing how America’s push for the atomic bomb helped saddle St. Louis with an enduring radioactive waste problem. St. Louis was part of a geographically scattered

Newly public documents are showing how America’s push for the atomic bomb helped saddle St. Louis with an enduring radioactive waste problem. St. Louis was part of a geographically scattered

Many people with rare cancers who grew up near the waste sites believe their illnesses are connected to radiation exposure.

Uranium processing in the St. Louis area played a pivotal role in developing the nuclear weapons that helped bring an end to World War II and provided a key defense during the Cold War. But the cost to the region has been staggering