[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, FORMER SITES: "Coldwater Creek contamination may raise the risk of cancer in north St. Louis County [MO] residents"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Federal report: Coldwater Creek contamination may raise the risk of cancer in north St. Louis County residents

By Blythe Bernhard 
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
June 18, 2018
 
People who lived near or played in the contaminated Coldwater Creek in north St. Louis County from the 1960s to the 1990s may have an increased risk of developing certain cancers, a federal report has found.

Exposure to radioactive contaminants that polluted the creek could raise the risks of bone cancer, lung cancer and leukemia. There is also a smaller risk of developing skin and breast cancers, according to the report released Monday by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Anyone who has lived near the creek since 2000 is thought to have lower levels of radiation exposure but still have a potentially higher risk of bone or lung cancer, the report states.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/federal-report-coldwater-creek-contamination-may-raise-the-risk-of/article_b70fd34e-c07d-5cee-8348-f76d3d4a90eb.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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