The private study follows an examination by the Army Corps of Engineers that found radioactive contamination in a field near the school. The Corps study did not examine the playground or the school s interior.
FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, according to a new report by environmental investigation consultants.
Concerning levels of radioactive contamination were found at a suburban St. Louis school that sits a few miles away from an old World War II-era factory where nuclear waste was produced, according to multiple media reports.