The EPA ordered the owner of 2 St. Louis landfills to build a barrier to keep an underground fire from reaching radioactive materials dumped 4 decades ago.
A lobbying blitz is expected this month from advocates for the untold thousands of Americans harmed by radiation from government nuclear projects dating back to World War II, starting with development and testing of the first atomic bomb.
Senators pushing to expand aid for radiation victims were infuriated in December when a provision to reauthorize a compensation fund that expires in June was stripped from the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, largely because of concerns about the projected $147B price tag.
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/xLaghCkyNqQ?si=KYQEIsdMi6yFGqgK Nuclear waste stored outside St. Louis was found to pose a risk to nearby Coldwater Creek as early as 1949. The contaminated creek will finally have warning signs almost 75 years later. Missouri Independent, BY: ALLISON KITE - JANUARY 8, 2024 More than 70 years after workers first realized barrels of radioactive waste risked contaminating Coldwater…