[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, FORMER SITES: "Army Corps of Engineers claims Jana Elementary [MO] is safe for students, disputing private report"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army Corps of Engineers claims Jana Elementary is safe for students, disputing private report

By Kate Grumke
St. Louis Public Radio (MO)
November 9, 2022 

The Army Corps of Engineers says results from a new preliminary analysis show Jana Elementary is safe for students and staff, but at a contentious school board meeting, some parents and environmental activists doubted the information the corps presented.

During a Wednesday morning presentation to the Hazelwood School District Board of Education, Army Corps officials said preliminary results from their testing show the school is safe from a radiological standpoint.

“We have a commitment to continue to search for the truth and continue to search for any contaminant concern,” Colonel Kevin Golinghorst said. “Right now, based off our extensive sampling and testing, we do not see that concern.”

The corps conducted tests at the school after a separate report from a private firm found “unacceptable levels” of radioactive contamination in the school’s classrooms, library, kitchen and on playgrounds.

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For the entire article, see
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/education/2022-11-09/army-corps-of-engineers-claims-jana-elementary-is-safe-for-students-disputing-private-report

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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